dowland
- n English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626)
dousing
- n the act of wetting something by submerging it
- v put out, as of a candle or a light
- v wet thoroughly
- v dip into a liquid
- v immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- v lower quickly
- v slacken
- v cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
dower
- n money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- n a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
- v furnish with an endowment
When she got married, she got dowered
dowery
- n money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage