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Meaning of dossil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.
  2. A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

Examples

“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 […].”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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