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dowl

dowl is the alternative form of dowle.

Meaning of dowle

Noun

dowle

  1. feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather
    • You fools! I and my fellows
      Are ministers of fate: the elements
      Of whom your swords are temper'd may as well
      Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs
      Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish
      One dowle that's in my plume; […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Forms of dowl

pluraldowls

Questions about dowl

What is dowl the alternative form of?
Dowl is the alternative form of dowle.

Words near dowl in the dictionary

  1. dowing
  2. Dowis
  3. Dowises
  4. dowitcher
  5. dowitchers
  6. dowl
  7. Dowlais
  8. Dowlais Top
  9. dowlas
  10. dowlases
  11. dowlass

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