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dory
/ˈdɔːɹi/
noun 3name 2adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
silver, silver, suitable
VERB + DORY
called
DORY + NOUN
cl, fisherman, french, snapper, spear, wooden-shaft
PREP.
about, in, since
Definitions
noun
1
A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
From every schooner, dories were being dropped into the shining, clear water. The sound of voices and the splashes of oars carried across the sea.
He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous […]
noun
1
Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
A DIATREE FOR DINNER. […] The ſeconde Courſe. […] Dorye
Pan-fried fish. Barramundi, bream, flounder, garfish, John Dory, snapper and Silver Dory are suitable for this recipe.
adj
1
Of a bright yellow or golden color.
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Example Bank
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From every schooner, dories were being dropped into the shining, clear water. The sound of voices and the splashes of oars carried across the sea.
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He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, cl
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The dory, and the fisherman who rowed it, are part of the maritime heritage that changed America from a group of shore-bound colonies to a nation with ships that ranged the waters of the world.
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A DIATREE FOR DINNER. […] The ſeconde Courſe. […] Dorye
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Pan-fried fish. Barramundi, bream, flounder, garfish, John Dory, snapper and Silver Dory are suitable for this recipe.
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The golden skin of the fish found mostly in the Mediterranean may account for one possible reason why it is called ‘John Dory’, since the French word for yellow is ‘jaune’ and for golden is ‘dorée’.
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