dottle
dottle · dottles
Tabakrest
A plug or tap of a vesselA plug or tap of a vessel.
/ˈdɒtəl/
Meaning
5 sensesA plug or tap of a vessel.
A small rounded lump or mass.
The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
Tabakrest
the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
(Geordie)A baby's dummy, pacifier.
(Scotland)A dotard.
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe:
Origin
From Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old EnFrom Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old English dott (> English dot (“a point”)), equivalent to dot + -le. Related to Old English dyttan (“to stop up, clot”), Dutch dot (“a knot, lump, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”). More at dit.
Related to dote, dotard.
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