An irregular bit of stone.

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1840.  See CAVORT.

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1869.  [He labeled] the other half, “Darnick from the Tomb of Abelard and Heloise.”—Mark Twain, ‘The Innocents Abroad,’ chap. xxxv.

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1878.  As soon as he conceited what was up, he gathered a dornick, and was just drawin’ back to send the strange dog where they’s no fleas, when the stranger saw him and went one better.—J. H. Beadle, ‘Western Wilds,’ p. 185.

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