dowln.

/daʊl/

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps in some way related to down n.² Prof. Skeat suggests Old French doulle variant of doille, douille adjective ‘soft, tender’, noun ‘that which is soft.’ But there is no evidence that the Old French word had any corresponding application.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

One of the filaments or fibres of a feather; the soft fine feathers or fur of birds or beasts; down, fluff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > down or down-feather

plumeOE

down1345

dowlc1535

plumule1782

powder-down1861

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > part of

pen1381

quill?a1425

dowlc1535

rib1545

web1575

pilec1600

twill1664

beard1688

pinion1691

vane1713

shaft1748

beardlet1804

medulla1826

barb1835

barbule1835

stem1845

feather-pulp1859

aftershaft1867

barbicel1869

filament1870

vexillum1871

scape1872

rachis1874

harl1877

calamus1878

radius1882

ramus1882

scapus1882

cilia1884

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur

fleecea1000

dowlc1535

pilagea1626

the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > downy covering

downa1382

woolc1400

cotton1551

frieze1640

dowl1661

tomentum1693

pubescence1760

pubes1772

shag1774

indumentum1847

shaggy hairs1884

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dust or fluff

dustc825

mow?a1500

pelf1584

slut's wool1841

beggar's velvet1847

dowl1879

c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. D.iii The Gryffon..swore by cockes herte blode He wolde hym tere euery doule.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 65 As well..as diminish One dowle that's in my plumbe.

1661 Humane Industry (T.) A certain shell-fish..called Pinna, that bears a mossy dowl, or wool, whereof cloth was spun.

1661 Humane Industry 93 Such trees as have a certain wool or dowl upon the outside of them, as the small cotton.

1845 T. De Quincey Notes on Gilfillan's Gallery Lit. Portraits in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 758 No feather, or dowl of a feather, but was heavy enough for him.

1879 G. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	dowl
释义	dowln. /daʊl/ Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps in some way related to down n.² Prof. Skeat suggests Old French doulle variant of doille, douille adjective ‘soft, tender’, noun ‘that which is soft.’ But there is no evidence that the Old French word had any corresponding application. Obsolete exc. dialect. One of the filaments or fibres of a feather; the soft fine feathers or fur of birds or beasts; down, fluff. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > down or down-feather plumeOE down1345 dowlc1535 plumule1782 powder-down1861 the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > part of pen1381 quill?a1425 dowlc1535 rib1545 web1575 pilec1600 twill1664 beard1688 pinion1691 vane1713 shaft1748 beardlet1804 medulla1826 barb1835 barbule1835 stem1845 feather-pulp1859 aftershaft1867 barbicel1869 filament1870 vexillum1871 scape1872 rachis1874 harl1877 calamus1878 radius1882 ramus1882 scapus1882 cilia1884 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur fleecea1000 dowlc1535 pilagea1626 the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > downy covering downa1382 woolc1400 cotton1551 frieze1640 dowl1661 tomentum1693 pubescence1760 pubes1772 shag1774 indumentum1847 shaggy hairs1884 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dust or fluff dustc825 mow?a1500 pelf1584 slut's wool1841 beggar's velvet1847 dowl1879 c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. D.iii The Gryffon..swore by cockes herte blode He wolde hym tere euery doule. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 65 As well..as diminish One dowle that's in my plumbe. View more context for this quotation 1661 Humane Industry (T.) A certain shell-fish..called Pinna, that bears a mossy dowl, or wool, whereof cloth was spun. 1661 Humane Industry 93 Such trees as have a certain wool or dowl upon the outside of them, as the small cotton. 1845 T. De Quincey Notes on Gilfillan's Gallery Lit. Portraits in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 758 No feather, or dowl of a feather, but was heavy enough for him. 1879 G. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.c1535
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