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Definition: dorr
Dor
\Dor\, v. t.
To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also
dorr.]
--B. Jonson.
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Dor
\Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
taurus a kind of beetle. Cf.
Dormouse.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large European scaraboid beetle (
Geotrupes stercorarius),
which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
applied to allied American species, as the
June bug. Called
also
dorr,
dorbeetle, or
dorrbeetle,
dorbug,
dorrfly, and
buzzard clock.
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