What is "dolly"

Dolly \Dol"ly\, n.; pl. Dollies.

1. (Mining) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

2. (Mach.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
   --Knight.

3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

4. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

5. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

Dolly \Dol"ly\, n. A child's mane for a doll.

Dolly shop, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll.

c.1600, Dolly, a fem. nickname (see doll); 1790 as "child's doll;" applied from 1792 to any contrivance fancied to resemble a dolly in some sense, especially "a small platform on rollers" (1901). Doesn't look like one to me, either, but that's what they say.

n. 1 A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer. 2 A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. 3 In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver. 4 A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building. 5 A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc. 6 (context film English) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted. 7 ''(children, colloquial)'' A child's name for a doll. 8 (context cricket English) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch. vb. 1 (context transitive cricket English) To hit a dolly. 2 To move an object using a dolly.

1. n. conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted

2. conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects

3. a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: doll]

4. [also: dollied]

Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003) was a female domestic sheep, and the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer. She was cloned by Sir Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, part of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics, based near Edinburgh. The funding for Dolly's cloning was provided by PPL Therapeutics and the UK's Ministry of Agriculture. She was born on 5 July 1996 and died from a progressive lung disease 5 months before her seventh birthday. She has been called "the world's most famous sheep" by sources including BBC News and Scientific American.

The cell used as the donor for the cloning of Dolly was taken from a mammary gland, and the production of a healthy clone therefore proved that a cell taken from a specific part of the body could recreate a whole individual. On Dolly's name, Wilmut stated "Dolly is derived from a mammary gland cell and we couldn't think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton's".

Dolly is often used as the diminutive name of a doll.

Dolly may also refer to:

Dolly is a television variety show that ran on ABC during the 1987- 1988 season featuring Dolly Parton.

Dolly is a rock band from Nantes, France. The group is popular in France but less well-known elsewhere. Dolly's vocalist Emmanuelle Monet has appeared in many collaborations, including a song together with Apocalyptica on the single " Wie weit/How far/En Vie". Dolly stopped their activity indefinitely after the death of Michaël Chamberlin in a car accident on 25 May 2005.

Dolly was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in 2005. They were signed to the Marder Suitcase label.

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DOLLY is a monthly teen magazine started in 1970 by Fairfax Ltd. in Australia and New Zealand, and purchased by ACP in 1988. The current editor is Josephine Rozenberg-Clarke. The previous editor was Lucy Cousins.

Dolly was the basis and inspiration for Sassy Magazine (1987-1996) in the United States. The magazine is aimed at older teenage girls (13-17 age group) and covers celebrity news and gossip, fashion and beauty and various feature articles attractive to female teenagers and dealing with issues that are faced by this age group and gender. The magazine also has a website containing games, information on upcoming issues, quizzes and downloads. The magazine has now produced over 400 issues and as of 2007 has a readership of 505,000.

A 'dolly' is the name given to a category of tools used in shaping sheet metal. In general, a dolly is a solid piece of metal, small enough to hold in one hand, with a curved or shaped face. Generally a dolly will have more than one surface, each with its own radius of curvature (much like a three-dimensional French curve), allowing the craftsman more flexibility in using the tool.

A dolly can be used either as a hammer, shaping the metal to match the curve of the dolly, or as small anvil to provide a curved surface over which to dome or dish metal. They are commonly used to shape sheet metal in auto repair, especially in locations where it is difficult to swing a hammer.

They can also be used as backers for upsetting metal. When used as a portable anvil, a dolly can be used to hold a rivet in position while it is being clenched with a " snapper". Such dollies are commonly cylindrical in shape, and rely on mass to work. The act of using it is known as holding up or holding on. Dollies can also be used in boat building, when clenching nails. See clinker (boat building).

Category:Metalworking tools

A dolly is an unpowered vehicle design for connection to a tractor, truck or prime mover vehicle with strong traction power.

Dolly Classification by Axle Configuration

There are two types of dolly bogie:

Full trailer - 2 axle (4 wheels), with a draw bar which also controls the trailer's front axle steering. The draw bar does not take load of the full trailer. Heavy full trailer needs to have its own brakes remotely controlled by the prime mover vehicle.

Semi-trailer - 1 axle (2 wheels), without the front axle but have a landing gear. Large semi-trailer of truck size is designed for connection via the fifth wheel on the tractor unit or the semi-trailer truck. Small semi-trailer such as travel trailer and boat trailer is design for connection via a tow hitch of a passenger vehicle. Either the fifth wheel or the tow hitch takes up to half to load of the semi-trailer.

Road Train

Special large dolly bogie is equipped with a fifth wheel for further connection by the gooseneck type drawbar of another similar dolly and form a road train. The last dolly in a road train needs its own rear lights, brakes remotely controlled by the prime mover vehicle, and registration plate.

Tow Dolly

A semi-trailer designed as automobile rescue equipment. It is designed to couple to the concerned automobile's powered wheel, i.e. the front wheel of a Front-wheel drive automobile, or the rear wheel of a rear-wheel drive automobile, by locking the powered wheels onto the tow dolly's tray. The tow dolly is tow hitch connected to a tractor or truck. Tow dollies are legal in all 50 US states and Canada. In the U.S. and Canada brakes are required on any loaded car tow dolly.

Dolly Classification by Coupling Configuration

There are two basic types:

• Converter dolly, equipped with between one and three axles and designed to connect to a towbar on the rear of the truck or trailer in front. There are two variants of this:
  • A A-dolly has a single drawbar with a centred coupling.
  • A C-dolly has two separate couplings side-by-side.
• Low loader dolly, equipped with a gooseneck type drawbar that attaches to the fifth wheel coupling on the rear of a prime mover to distribute the mass on the fifth wheel on the dolly between the prime mover and the wheels of the dolly. These are predominantly fitted with two axles.

Dolly is the 16th solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton, released on November 5, 1975. It is sometimes referred to as "Dolly: The Seeker • We Used To" to differentiate it from Parton's 2009 4-disc, career-spanning box set "Dolly." The first single, "The Seeker," peaked at #2, and was later covered by Merle Haggard; the follow-up single, "We Used To", with its " Stairway to Heaven"-inspired guitar intro, reached #9. The album reached # 14 on the country album charts.

The B-Side of "The Seeker" was a song written by Parton titled "Love with Feeling." It has never appeared on any other release and it is among Parton's harder to find recordings, as it is only available on the 45 single release of "The Seeker."

The Dolly Suite, Op. 56, is a collection of pieces for piano four-hands by Gabriel Fauré. It consists of short pieces written or revised between 1893 and 1896, to mark the birthdays and other events in the life of the daughter of the composer's mistress.

An orchestral version of the suite was scored in 1906 by Henri Rabaud, and has, like the original piano duet version, received several recordings. The best-known section of the suite, the Berceuse, has been arranged for several combinations of instruments. In Britain it became famous as the play out tune to Listen with Mother.

The suite, consisting of six short pieces, each with its own title: Berceuse, Mi-a-ou, Le jardin de Dolly, Kitty- valse, Tendresse and Le pas espagnol. The complete suite takes about fifteen minutes to perform.