dor

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dor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
     taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zool.)
     A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius),
     which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
     applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called
     also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug,
     dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
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  Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.]
     A trick, joke, or deception. --Beau. & Fl.
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     To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] --P.
        Fletcher.
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  Dor \Dor\, v. t.
     To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.]
     --B. Jonson.
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dor - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Dor
  dwelling, the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the
  Canaanites (Josh. 11:1, 2; 12:23). It was the most southern
  settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria. The
  original inhabitants seem never to have been expelled, although
  they were made tributary by David. It was one of Solomon's
  commissariat districts (Judg. 1:27; 1 Kings 4:11). It has been
  identified with Tantura (so named from the supposed resemblance
  of its tower to a tantur, i.e., "a horn"). This tower fell in
  1895, and nothing remains but debris and foundation walls, the
  remains of an old Crusading fortress. It is about 8 miles north
  of Caesarea, "a sad and sickly hamlet of wretched huts on a
  naked sea-beach."