DOOR
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Door (?), n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th&ü;r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d&ö;r, Sw. d&ö;rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. &unr_;; cf. Skr. dur, dv&ā;ra. √246. Cf. Foreign.] 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.
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To the same end, men several paths may tread,
As many doors into one temple lead.
Denham.
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2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.
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At last he came unto an iron door
That fast was locked.
Spenser.
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3. Passage; means of approach or access.
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I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.
John x. 9.
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4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.
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Martin's office is now the second door in the street.
Arbuthnot.
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Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc. -- In doors, or Within doors, within the house. -- Next door to, near to; bordering on.
[1913 Webster]A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult.
L'Estrange.-- Out of doors, or Without doors, and, [colloquially], Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.
[1913 Webster]His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors.
Locke.-- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. -- To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to.
[1913 Webster]If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door.
Dryden.
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&hand_; Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.
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