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▪ I. dowl Obs. exc. dial.|daʊl|
[Origin uncertain.
Perhaps in some way related to down n.2 Prof. Skeat suggests OF. doulle var. of doille, douille adj. ‘soft, tender’, n. ‘that which is soft.’ But there is no evidence that the OF. word had any corresponding application.]
One of the filaments or fibres of a feather; the soft fine feathers or fur of birds or beasts; down, fluff.
c1400Plowman's T. iii. (R.), The griffen..swore by cockis herte and blode He wold him tere every doule. 1610Shakes. Temp. iii. iii. 65 As well..as diminish One dowle that's in my plumbe. 1661Humane Industry (T.), A certain shell-fish..called Pinna, that bears a mossy dowl, or wool, whereof cloth was spun. Ibid. 93 Such trees as have a certain wool or dowl upon the outside of them, as the small cotton. 1845De Quincey in Tait's Mag. XII. 758 No feather, or dowl of a feather, but was heavy enough for him. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk., Dowl, 1. the downy fibres of a feather..2. The light downy substance which collects under beds and about bedroom floors.
▪ II. dowl
obs. and dial. f. dool1, boundary mark; obs. form of dowel. |