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+dor beetle • three-horned dor beetle

 Merriam-Webster (1913) [top]

Dor , n. (Zoöl.) 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.

Dor, n. A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl.

To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] P. Fletcher.

Dor, v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.] B. Jonson.