What does "dozzle" mean?
the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
Dozzle
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
- Grammar: dozzle is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: dottle, feeder head, hot top.
- Usage evidence: 1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al. Neebody can smoke twist without a dozzle.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
"1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al. Neebody can smoke twist without a dozzle."
- 2 a paste flower on top of a pie cover.
- 3 the straw ornament on top of a haystack.
- 4 A device, originally a heated sleave of fire clay, variously used to introduce molten metal to counter the formation of hollows in metal castings as they shrink while the mould cools. Now commonly called hot top or feeder head
"The method of preventing the formation of shrinkage cavity within bottom cast ingots which consists introducing the metal into the mould through a dozzle and a plate having a plurality of inclined conduits, whereby the incoming metal is directed against the walls of the dozzle, this heating said walls to incandescence, then reversing the mould, said dozzle after the mould is reversed causing the metal in contact therewith to feed downwards into any shrinkage cavity within the ingot."
Verb
- 1 To stupify; to render dull or insensible.
"I fetched him a topper as he rushed at me. I dipped and dived under his hind legs, threw him a summersault upon his back, and before he could recover from his surprise, I dealt him such a blow on the nape of his neck, that 'dozzled' him at once."
- 2 To use a dozzle in order to prevent shrinkage when casting in a mold.
"This point has long been recognised in Sheffield in the manufacture of special steels, both for small and large ingots of crucible cast steel, in which the uppor or top portion is provided with a fireclay top or "dozzler”; in other words , the ingot is “dozzled.”"
Synonyms
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"1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al. Neebody can smoke twist without a dozzle."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "dozzle"?
Common synonyms include: dottle, feeder head, hot top.
How do you use "dozzle" in a sentence?
1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al. Neebody can smoke twist without a dozzle.