Dossil Definition

däsil
noun
A plug, wad, or fold of cotton or cloth, as for a wound.
Webster's New World

(surgery) A small ovoid or cylindrical roll or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.

Wiktionary

(printing) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

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Other Word Forms of Dossil

Noun

Singular:
dossil
Plural:
dossils

Origin of Dossil

  • Old English dosil faucet of a barrel, Old French dosil, duisil, spigot, Latin diciculus, ducillus, from Latin ducere to lead, draw. See duct, duke.

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