dottle
dottle · dottles · dottled · dottling
To set pottery flatware horizontally on thimblesTo set pottery flatware horizontally on thimbles.
/ˈdɒtəl/
Meaning
1 sensesTo set pottery flatware horizontally on thimbles.
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.
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Forms
dottles, dottling, dottled, dottledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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