dozzle
dozzle noun: the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
Noun
dozzle (plural dozzles)
- the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
- Neebody can smoke twist without a dozzle.1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al.
- a paste flower on top of a pie cover.
- the straw ornament on top of a haystack.
- A device, originally a heated sleave of fire clay, variously used to introduce molten metal to counter the formation of hollows in metal castings as they shrink while the mould cools. Now commonly called hot top or feeder head
- The method of preventing the formation of shrinkage cavity within bottom cast ingots which consists introducing the metal into the mould through a dozzle and a plate having a plurality of inclined conduits, whereby the incoming metal is directed against the walls of the dozzle, this heating said...1913, James Rossiter Hoyle, Arthur William Brearley, “149,153 Ingot Casting Method”, in Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 41, page 2249
- When the metal has risen to within, say, 3 inches of the top of the mold, a “dozzle," which has been previously heated in one of the holes, is quickly dropped on top of the metal in the mold, and held in position whilst the few pounds of metal remaining in the crucible are poured through its center.1918, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc, page 347
Verb
dozzle (third-person singular simple present dozzles, present participle dozzling, simple past and past participle dozzled)
- To stupify; to render dull or insensible.
- I fetched him a topper as he rushed at me. I dipped and dived under his hind legs, threw him a summersault upon his back, and before he could recover from his surprise, I dealt him such a blow on the nape of his neck, that 'dozzled' him at once.1856, William Martin, “Funny Things About Bears”, in Peter Parley's Annual, page 198
- How it dizzied and dozzled, too! And what a fratch yon was! My word! but Ralph did ding them over, both of them!1885, Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, The Shadow of a Crime
- To use a dozzle in order to prevent shrinkage when casting in a mold.
- This point has long been recognised in Sheffield in the manufacture of special steels, both for small and large ingots of crucible cast steel, in which the uppor or top portion is provided with a fireclay top or "dozzler”; in other words , the ingot is “dozzled.”1912, Robert Hadfield, “Method of Producing Sound Ingots”, in Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, volume 86, number 2, page 13
- Ingots are still cast into moulds with parallel sides, but they are dozzled, and it is generally believed that the ingots so produced are quite sound.1918, Arthur W. Brearley, Harry Brearley, Ingots and Ingot Moulds, page 62
Synonyms of dozzle
Forms of dozzle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dozzles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dozzles |
| present participle | dozzling |
| past participle | dozzled |
| past | dozzled |
Questions about dozzle
- What does dozzle mean?
- Dozzle means the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
- What part of speech is dozzle?
- Dozzle can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of dozzle?
- The plural of dozzle is dozzles.
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