Dot \Dot\ (d[o^]t), n. [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See
   Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.] (Law)
   A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]
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	Dot \Dot\, n. [Cf. AS. dott small spot, speck; of uncertain
   origin.]
   1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed
      instrument; a speck, or small mark.
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   2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small
      portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
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	Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Dotting.]
   1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
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   2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a
      landscape dotted with cottages.
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	Dot \Dot\, v. i.
   To make dots or specks.
   [1913 Webster] DOT
   DoT

	

	DoT \DoT\, DOT \DOT\, DOT \D.O.T.\(d[=e]"[=o]*t[=e]`), prop. n.
   The United States Department of Transportation. [acronym]

   Note: The Department of Transportation promulgates standards
         for the strength of shipping containers, and this
         abgreviation is often seen on cardboard boxes.
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	dot
    n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines
         between the dots" [syn: point, dot]
    2: the United States federal department that institutes and
       coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
       [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation,
       DoT]
    3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
       [syn: dot, dit]
    4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
       back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
       loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
       superman, window pane, Zen]
    v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
         constellated with lights" [syn: dot, stud,
         constellate]
    2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
       [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse]
    3: make a dot or dots
    4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"

	

	232 Moby Thesaurus words for "dot":
   accent, accent mark, ace, appanage, atom, band, bar, bespangle,
   bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, bit, blaze,
   blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, bread, cancel, caste mark,
   chalk, chalk up, character, check, check off, checker, checkmark,
   cicatrix, cicatrize, crumb, custos, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness,
   dappleness, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, direct, discolor,
   discoloration, dole, dottedness, dower, dowry, dram, dredge,
   dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dust, dwarf, earmark, endowment,
   engrave, engraving, expression mark, farthing, fermata, flake,
   fleck, flick, flour, flyspeck, foundation, fragment, freckle,
   freckliness, gash, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, graving, groat,
   hack, hair, handful, harlequin, hatch, hold, impress, imprint,
   investment, iota, iris, jointure, jot, key signature, lead,
   legal jointure, lentigo, ligature, line, little, little bit,
   macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble,
   marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, marriage portion,
   measure, metronomic mark, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim,
   minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, mole, molecule, mote,
   motley, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notation, notch,
   nutshell, ounce, particle, patch, pause, pebble, pencil, pepper,
   pimple, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, pointillage,
   pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, portion, powder,
   presa, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle,
   scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scrap, scratch,
   scratching, scruple, seal, seam, segno, settlement, sign,
   signature, slur, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, spangle, spatter,
   speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, splotch, spoonful,
   spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma,
   stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark,
   streak, striate, stripe, stud, swell, symbol, tattoo, tattoo mark,
   tempo mark, tessellate, thimbleful, thirds, tick, tick off, tie,
   time signature, tiny bit, tittle, trace, trifling amount, trivia,
   underline, underscore, vanishing point, variegate, vein, vinculum,
   watermark, whit

	

	DOT
       Dynamic Overclocking Tool (graphic, MSI), "D.O.T."

	

	DOT
       Dynamic Overclocking Technology (FSB, MCI), "D.O.T."

	

	dot

    decimal point.

   See also dot file, dot notation.

   (1995-03-14)

	

	DOT. This French word is adopted in Louisiana. It signifies the fortune, 
portion, or dowry, which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage. 6 N. 
S. 460. See Dote; Dowry.