Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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noun
A small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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History
From Middle English dosel, from Old French dosil (“spigot”), from Late Latin ducīculus, diminutive from Latin dux (“guide”). See duct, duke.
