Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Doily"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doily \Doi"ly\, n. [So called from the name of the dealer.]
1. A kind of woolen stuff. [Obs.] ``Some doily petticoats.''
--Dryden.
A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find
days of grace, and be worn for variety. -- Congreve.
2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; --
commonly colored and fringed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doily
n : a small round piece of linen place under a dish or bowl
[syn: {doyley}, {doyly}]
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