dossil meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

dossil

noun

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

Medicine, Sciences, Surgery A small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.

This new treaty being settled, and a dossil of lint with a snip of plaister applied to our adventurer's wound, he parted from the brother of his dear Emilia […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

Media, Printing, Publishing A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.