dougher

See also: Dougher

English

Alternative forms

• dower

Etymology

From Middle English dower, equivalent to dough +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ)

Noun

dougher (plural doughers)

1. (obsolete) A baker.
   • 1871, Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal:

     Among the ordinances of the Bakers of Exeter, is a provision that all 'dowers' (doughers or bakers) of the city and suburbs should grind at the city mills, and nowhere else; […]

   • 1881, The Northwestern Miller - Volume 12, page 294:

     Among the archives of the Pillsbury A mill is the following, which was recently found spread over a pine board in hieroglyphics by some unknown and nailed on the door of the dougher's room.

   • 1889, The Electrical Journal - Volume 22, page 518:

     The ovens are heated by electricity, and the dougher, when he wants the ovens warm, just turns a switch throwing the current on, and in a few minutes the temperature is exactly what he wants, and is under perfect control.

   • 1915, The Journal of Education - Volume 47, page 667:

     That "deye" meant originally a dougher or maker, then a dairymaid, and lastly a farm hand, as in Scott's novels, he is not told.

Anagrams

• roughed