What is "doled out"

Usage examples of "doled out".

After four midmonths at sea he could tell when a storm was on its way by the way the first mate swore, and how fast it was moving in by the portions that the cook doled out at evening mess.

Karril walked behind the tables while servants doled out portions to the guests, checking the quality of each offering, prepared to intervene should any one item come up short.

Mahomet held up his own cup and with a nod of his head towards Bass accepted the water Mitford doled out.

So he'd waded in and got the supply situation organized to his satisfaction and doled out the hardware in an orderly fashion.

And after lunch they waited for tea: Sumati's cakes, a local and fraudulent cherry brandy doled out by Chinta, and icecream, made by Chinta again, who, against annual evidence, was supposed to have an especial gift for making icecream.

They doled out a little water to the beshti, and wondered what was ahead of them.

The rice and vegetables the Japs doled out to American POWs in labor gangs weren’.

Eventually, the dishes were cleared away and another round of lager doled out.

Where I came from, chocolate had been a special treat doled out once or twice a year, and only weakly flavored.

Her face reddened at the slip, and doled out a short selfconscious laugh.

Each time he went to eat, a smaller amount of water was doled out to him.

Of this comfort, which she doled out to him in daily portions, we have formerly given a specimen.