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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dot \Dot\ (d[o^]t), noun [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See {Dower}, and cf. {Dote} dowry.] (Law) A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dot \Dot\, noun [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.
2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dot \Dot\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dotting}.]
1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dot \Dot\, verb (used without an object) To make dots or specks.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dot
noun
1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" [syn: {point}]
2: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 [syn: {Department of Transportation}, {Transportation}]
3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: {dit}]
4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid}, {back breaker}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {Elvis}, {loony toons}, {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane}, {superman}, {window pane}, {Zen}]
verb
1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" [syn: {stud}, {constellate}]
2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: {scatter}, {sprinkle}, {dust}, {disperse}]
3: make a dot or dots
4: mark with a dot; "dot your 'i's" [also: {dotting}, {dotted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
dot {decimal point}. See also {dot file}, {dot notation}. (1995-03-14)
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