English Explanatory Dictionary

dossil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.
  2. A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

Word forms

dossil dossils

Etymology

From Middle English dosel, from Old French dosil (“spigot”), from Late Latin ducīculus, diminutive from Latin dux (“guide”). See duct, duke.

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