dougher

plural doughers · alternative dower

1. obsoleteA baker.

   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.

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

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   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; […]

   1871, Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal

   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.

   1881, The Northwestern Miller - Volume 12, page 294

   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.

   1889, The Electrical Journal - Volume 22, page 518

plural Doughers

1. A surname.