دود

دَوْدَاةٌ دوداه دوداة A seesaw; syn. أُرْجُوحَةٌ: (K in this art., and T and S in art. دو:) and the mark made by children upon the dust, or earth, like a path, or track, when they play [ upon the seesaw ], doing thus with their feet, moving forwards and backwards: (S in art. دو:) or the mark of the ارجوحة: (M and K in that art.:) or the sound of the ارجوحة: (TA in the present art.:) and cries, shouts, noises, or clamour; or a confusion, or mixture, of cries, shouts, &c.: (K in this art.:) دَوْدَاةٌ is [said by ISd to belong to art. دو, and to be] originally دَوْدَوَةٌ: (M in art. دو:) the pl. is دَوَادٍ, (T and S * and M in that art.,) explained by As as signifying the marks of the أَرَاجِيح [or seesaws ] of children; (TA in the present art.;) and دَوَادِىَ occurs in a verse, in the gen. case, (S and M in art. دو,) by poetic license. (M in that art.)