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▪ I. Dorcas1|ˈdɔːkəs|
Name of a woman mentioned in Acts ix. 36; hence, Dorcas Society, a ladies' association in a church for the purpose of making and providing clothes for the poor. So Dorcas basket, a basket of needlework for charitable purposes; Dorcas meeting. Also ellipt. Hence ˈDorcas v. intr., to work for a Dorcas society (colloq.).
1832F. Trollope Dom. Manners Amer. I. xi. 154 Yet..spite of the old women and their Dorcas societies, atheism is awake and thriving. 1847–78Halliwell, Dorcas, benevolent societies which furnish poor with clothing gratuitously or at a cheap rate. 1857Eleanor Clare's Jrnl. in Househ. Words XVI. 199, I hope she will not bring a Dorcas basket to sew at. 1863A. D. Whitney F. Gartney xix, There was great putting of heads together at the ‘Dorcas’, about it. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt I. v. 120 Some prime Miss,..in which Felix was no more interested than in Dorcas meetings. 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am xliv, Lizzie worked for her Dorcas society. 1894S. Baring-Gould Queen of Love II. xx. 40 Aunt Beulah will not be home for an hour. She is Dorcasing. 1900A. Upward Eben. Lobb 39 Getting ready for a Dorcas that came to our house once a quarter to have tea and work for the heathen.
▪ II. Dorcas2|ˈdɔːkəs|
[mod.L. (a. the specific epithet of Gazella dorcas, once used as a generic name in its own right), ad. Gr. δορκάς deer, gazelle.]
In full Dorcas gazelle. A small gazelle, Gazella dorcas, found in northern Africa and western Asia.
1821J. E. Gray in London Med. Repos. XV. 307 Fam[ily] 4. Antilopidæ... Gazelle, Dorcas. Antilope Dorcas. 1860Proc. Zool. Soc. 415 Additions made to the Menagerie... I Dorcas Gazelle, Gazella dorcas. 1893R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 180 The last of the Asiatic gazelles in which the females are horned is the Dorcas gazelle. 1932H. C. Maydon et al. Big Game Shooting in Afr. vii. 177 We had passed a belt that held Addra Gazelle, and now Dorcas and Rufifrons were very common. Ibid. 181 Herds of Addra and Dorcas Gazelle, and an occasional Ostrich wandered amid the ravines. 1970Dorst & Dandelot Field Guide Larger Mammals of Afr. 242 Dorcas Gazelle live in small herds up to 20 head. |