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dossil

dossil noun: a small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.

Noun

dossil (plural dossils)

  1. A small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.
    • This new treaty being settled, and a dossil of lint with a snip of plaister applied to our adventurer's wound, he parted from the brother of his dear Emilia […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
  2. A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

Forms of dossil

pluraldossils

Origin of dossil

From Middle English dosel, from Old French dosil (“spigot”), from Late Latin ducīculus, diminutive from Latin dux (“guide”). See duct, duke.

Questions about dossil

What does dossil mean?
Dossil means a small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.
What part of speech is dossil?
Dossil is a noun.
What is the plural of dossil?
The plural of dossil is dossils.

Words near dossil in the dictionary

  1. Dosseys
  2. dosshouse
  3. dosshouses
  4. dossier
  5. dossiers
  6. dossil
  7. dossils
  8. dossing
  9. dossing about
  10. dossing around
  11. dossing down

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