Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (UK Und.) burglary.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: He is Cast for Felon and Dose, c. found guilty of Felony and Burglary.
1725		New Canting Dict. n.p.: dose, Burglary, a breaking open a House, Lock, Door, &c. as, He is cast for Felon and Dose; i.e. found Guilty of Felony and Burglary.
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. 1725].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1809		G. Andrewes Dict. Sl. and Cant.
1821		Flash Dict.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.

2. (UK Und.) a cloak.

1703		Hell Upon Earth 5: Dose, a Cloak.
1708		J. Hall Memoirs (1714) 12: Dose, a Cloak.
c.1786		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: