| Dough | n. [ OE. dagh, dogh, dow, AS. dāh; akin to D. deeg, G. teig, Icel. deig, Sw. deg, Dan. deig, Goth. daigs; also, to Goth. deigan to knead, L. fingere to form, shape, Skr. dih to smear; cf. Gr. &unr_; wall, &unr_; to touch, handle. &unr_;. Cf. Feign, Figure, Dairy, Duff. ] 1. Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Anything of the consistency of such paste. [ 1913 Webster ] To have one's cake dough. See under Cake. [ 1913 Webster ]
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