Doily

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small ornamental mat, usually of lace or linen.
  • n. A small table napkin.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of woolen stuff.
  • n. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An old kind of woolen stuff. Also used attributively.
  • n. A small ornamental napkin, often in colors, fringed and embroidered, and brought on the dinner-table on a dessert-plate, with the finger-bowl, etc., arranged upon it: also used for many similar purposes.
  • n. Also spelled doyley.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    linen   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    coyly    oily   
     
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