dossil

[ dos-uhl ]

noun

, Engraving.

1. a cloth roll for removing excess ink from a plate before printing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dossil¹

1250–1300; Middle English dosil < Middle French < Medieval Latin duciculus, equivalent to Latin duci- (stem of dux ) leader + -culus -cule ¹

Example Sentences

Six years ago he came to the Castle, being then a mere dossil of cotton wool apparently, with a black dot for a nose and two black dots for eyes, so that Lizzie called him a little snow dog.

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In this incision is to be put a dossil or pledget of tow, dipped in the matter of a boil full ripe, opened in the back of a young calf recovering from the distemper.

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The bleeding from the circumflex, subscapular, and posterior scapular arteries can easily be arrested by a dossil of lint till the great vessel is tied, and they can be secured.

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She'll be as dossil as dossil can be when I've give her a gallop.

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Associated words: vulnerable, vulnerability, invulnerable, invulnerability, vulnerary, vulnific, sanies, sanious, pledget, spleget, dossil, ichor, probe, antiseptic, inviolable, violable, tent, autoplasty. wound, v. injure, scath, hurt, maim, disable. wrangle, n. altercation, dispute, squabble, brawl, bickering, quarrel. wrangle, v. altercate, dispute, squabble, bicker, quarrel. wrangler, n. disputant. wrap, v. infold, swathe, bemuffle, envelop, muffle, swaddle. wrapper, n. house-dress; negligee, kimono, peignoir; envelope, wrap, covering, capsule; tillot. wrath, n.

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