Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Doric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doric \Dor"ic\, n.
The Doric dialect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doric \Dor"ic\, a. [L. Doricus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the Dorians.]
1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians;
as, the Doric dialect.
2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and
simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the
Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by
the Romans. See {Abacus}, {Capital}, {Order}.
Note: This order is distinguished, according to the treatment
of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric.
3. (Mus.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical
modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions
occasions and to war.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doric
adj : (architecture) oldest and simplest of the three orders of
classical Greek architecture [ant: {ionic}, {corinthian}]
n : the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in the Peloponnesus
[syn: {Doric}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.