دَوْدَاةٌ

A seesaw; synonym أُرْجُوحَةٌ: (K in this article, and T and S in article 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 article دو:) or the mark of the ارجوحة: (M and K in that article:) or the sound of the ارجوحة: (TA in the present article:) and cries, shouts, noises, or clamour; or a confusion, or mixture, of cries, shouts, &c.: (K in this article:) دَوْدَاةٌ is [said by ISd to belong to article دو, and to be] originally دَوْدَوَةٌ: (M in article دو:) the plural is دَوَادٍ, (T and S * and M in that article,) explained by As as signifying the marks of the أَرَاجِيح [or seesaws] of children; (TA in the present article;) and دَوَادِىَ occurs in a verse, in the gen. case, (S and M in article دو,) by poetic license. (M in that article)