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Definition of Douter
1. n. An extinguisher for candles.
Definition of Douter
1. one that extinguishes [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Douter
Literary usage of Douter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... J>enne bigon |>e clerc to wiche,14 And shop16 mi douter til a biche. f>is is
mi douter pat Ich of speke; « noble ' nobler * search out 9 on this account ..."
2. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"J>is is mi douter pat Ich of speke; 5 noble t nobler 8 search out 9 on this
account 10 lament 1 1 by this means, thereby 12 proud 18 tonsure M use ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1889)
"On n'a pas vécu, et surtout vécu de la vie de la pensée, sans avoir appris à
douter, et alors on est disposé à se plaindre comme Fontenelle, effrayé, ..."
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