Associations to the word «Dory»

DORY, noun. (nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.

DORY, noun. Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.

DORY, noun. (obscure) (cooking) A dish that has been coated or glazed with a yellow substance or with "almond milk".

DORY, adjective. (obscure) Of a bright yellow or golden color.

DORY, adjective. (obscure) (cooking) Coated or glazed with a yellow substance or with "almond milk".

DORY, noun. A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.

DORY, noun. A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.

DORY, noun. Pike-like freshwater perches.

DORY, noun. Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters.