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doit (pluraldoits)

(historical) A small Dutchcoin, equivalent to one-eighth of astiver.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu,The House by the Churchyard:
  '"You got a lot of gold off Mr. Beauclerc," says Glascock.
  '"Not adoit more than I wanted," says he, laughing again. "And who, pray, had a better right—did not I murder him?"
(archaic) A small amount; abit, ajot.
- 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene ii],page 9:
  […] when they will not giue adoit to relieue a lame Begger, they will lay out ten to ſee a deadIndian:[…]
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as1820),Walter Scott,Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […],→OCLC:
  “Speak out, ye Saxon dogs — what bid ye for your worthless lives? — How say you, you of Rotherwood?” “Not adoit I,” answered poor Wamba.
(music) Injazz music, anote that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
- 1995,Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers2-4, page57:
  Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such asdoits, fall-offs, and scoops.

small Dutch coin

Borrowed fromScotsdoit, apparently a Scots cognate ofdote.

doit (third-person singular simple presentdoits,present participledoiting,simple past and past participledoited)

(Scotland, rare) Tostumble; toblunder.
- 1824,James Hogg,The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
  I trembled with astonishment; and on my return from the small window wentdoiting in amongst the weaver's looms, tillI entangled myself, and could not get out again without working great deray amongst the coarse linen threads that stood in warp from one end of the apartment unto the other.