Dossil
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n dossil A spigot in a cask; a plug.
- n dossil A wisp of hay or straw to stop up an aperture.
- n dossil The rose at the end of a water-pipe.
- n dossil In surgery, a pledget or small portion of lint made into a cylindrical or conical form, for purging a wound.
- n dossil A roll of cloth for cleaning the ink from an engraved plate previous to printing.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- n Dossil dos′il a plug, spigot: a cloth roll for wiping ink from an engraved plate in printing:
- n Dossil dos′il (surg.) a pledget of lint for cleaning out a wound.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. dosil, faucet of a barrel, OF. dosil, duisil, spigot, LL. diciculus, ducillus, fr. L. ducere, to lead, draw. See Duct Duke
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
O. Fr. dosil—Late L. ducillus, a spigot.