Two cowboys come upon an Indian lying on his stomach with his ear to the ground. One of the cowboys stops and says to the other, "You see that Indian?"
"Yeah," says the other cowboy.
"Look," says the first one, "he’s listening to the ground. He can hear things for miles in any direction."
Just then the Indian looks up. "Covered wagon," he says, "about two miles away. Have two horses, one brown, one white. Man, woman, child, household effects in wagon."
"Incredible!" says the cowboy to his friend. "This Indian knows how far away they are, how many horses, what color they are, who is in the wagon, and what is in the wagon. Amazing!"
The Indian looks up and says, "Ran over me about a half hour ago."
- dreary, dismal. dolefully adv. Dolefulness n. [latin doleo grieve]
DOLPHIN
n. Large porpoise-like sea mammal with a slender pointed snout. [greek delphis -in-]
DONKEYS
years n.pl. Colloq. Very long time.
DONNISH
adj. Like a college don; pedantic.
DOORMAN
n. Person on duty at the door to a large building.
DOORMAT
n. - mat at an entrance, for wiping shoes.
- colloq. Submissive person.
DOORWAY
n. Opening filled by a door.
DOPPLER
effect n. Increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, etc. Waves caused by moving nearer to (or further from) the source. [doppler, name of a physicist]
DORMANT
adj. - lying inactive; sleeping.
- temporarily inactive.
- (of plants) alive but not growing. dormancy n. [latin dormio sleep]
DOSSIER
n. File containing information about a person, event, etc. [french]
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