Doi"ly (?), n. [So called from the name of the dealer.]
1.
A kind of woolen stuff.
[Obs.] "Some
doily petticoats."
Dryden.
A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety.
Congreve.
2.
A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.
© Webster 1913.