dout

noun

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of doubt.
2. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of doubt.

verb

1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

   “Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.”

   “The fire she lit in every breast was fanned rather than douted by the rumour presently puffed abroad that she was the recipient of letters addressed in a man’s handwriting.”