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dowset

dowset is the obsolete form of doucet.

Meaning of doucet

Noun

doucet (plural doucets)

  1. (obsolete except in dialects) A sweetened dish.
  2. (in plural) Deer testicles.

See all 3 meanings of doucet

Forms of dowset

pluraldowsets

Questions about dowset

What is dowset the obsolete form of?
Dowset is the obsolete form of doucet.

Words near dowset in the dictionary

  1. dowse
  2. dowsed
  3. dowser
  4. dowsers
  5. dowses
  6. dowset
  7. dowsets
  8. Dowsett
  9. dowsing
  10. Dowsing Point
  11. dowsing rod

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dowset (page history and authors); doucet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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