Definition of Dormants

1. dormant [n] - See also: dormant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dormants

dorkwad
dorkwads
dorky
dorlach
dorlachs
dorlixizumab
dorm
dorm room
dormancies
dormancy
dormant
dormant(ip)
dormant account
dormant volcano
dormant volcanoes
dormants (current term)
dormative
dormaunt
dormedory
dormer
dormer-window
dormer-windows
dormer window
dormered
dormers
dormice
dormie
dormient
dormin

Literary usage of Dormants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Six Years' Travels in Russia by Mary Ann Pellew Smith (1859)
"... Taking the Bull by the Horns—Sleep in the Streets—A Country Inn at Sun-rise—Tableaux dormants—Peripatetics of a New School—Vocal Military Band—Ungallant ..."

2. Notes of the Debates in the House of Lords by Henry Elsynge (1870)
"That Sir H. Yelverton first signed theis warrant dormants. That Sir H. Yelverton acknowledged to the Commons that the patent of gold, &c. was a monopoly, ..."

3. The Law of Fixtures: With Reference to Real Property and Chattels of a by Standish Grove Grady (1876)
"28, post p. 111. Table dormants, &c.—So the heir shall have table dormants, leads, mangers, millstones, anvils, door-keys, locks, glass window, &c. ..."

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