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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

dosil

faucet of a barrel, OF.

dosil

duisil

, spigot, LL.

diciculus

ducillus

, fr. L.

ducere

to lead, draw. See

(Surg.)

A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.

(Printing)

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

Noun.

In surgery, a pledget or portion of lint made into a cylindric form, or the shape of a date.

dossil ‎(plural dossils)

(surgery) A small ovoid or cylindrical roll or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.
(printing) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.