DOLOIRE
\dˈɒlwɑː], \dˈɒlwɑː], \d_ˈɒ_l_w_ɑː]\
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Ascia, Dolabra, 'a carpenter's axe.' A Bandage en doloire is one in which the turns are so placed, that each one covers two-thirds of that which is immediately beneath it. It has received the name Doloire from its representing the obliquity of the edge of the instrument whose name it bears. See Bandage.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).