sleeve n. Loose sleeve cut in one piece with a bodice. [turkish]

n. Megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones. [french]

n. (us dolor) literary sorrow, distress. dolorous adj. [latin dolor pain]

n. - area under one rule; realm.

- estate etc. Under one control.

- sphere of control or influence. [french: related to *demesne]

effect n. (also domino theory) effect whereby (or theory that) one event precipitates others in causal sequence.

- n. (pl. -es) 1 any of 28 small oblong pieces marked with 0–6 pips in each half.

- (in pl.) Game played with these.

- loose cloak with a mask. [french, probably as *dominion]

v. (-ting) give (money etc.), esp. To charity. [from *donation]

n. Great tower or innermost keep of a castle. [archaic spelling of *dungeon]

jacket n. Thick weatherproof workman's jacket or fashion garment.

- n. (pl. -s) 1 domestic ass.

- colloq. Stupid person. [perhaps from duncan: cf. *neddy]

—v. (-ling) scribble or draw, esp. Absent-mindedly. —n. Such a scribble or drawing. [originally = foolish person]

n. (pl. Same or -s) sea-fish showing brilliant colours when dying out of water. [spanish, = gilded]