dottle

Meaning

Noun

1. A plug or tap of a vessel.
2. A small rounded lump or mass.
3. The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
4. (Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier.

Verb

To set pottery flatware horizontally on thimbles.

Adj

Stupid or senile.

Translations

Mittel zur Beruhigung

Beruhigender

πιπίλα

pacificateur

ciucciotto

pacificator

pācificātor

pācātor

fopspeen

klokhuis

propje

Chupeta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɒtəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dottel

Cognate with English: dot

Cognate with Old English: dyttan

Cognate with Dutch: dot

Cognate with Low German: Dutte

In summary

From 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.