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dossils

dossils is the plural of dossil.

Meaning of dossil

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.

Questions about dossils

What is dossils the plural of?
Dossils is the plural of dossil.

Words near dossils in the dictionary

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

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