释义 |
dot·tle I. noun also dot·tel \ˈdäd.əl, -ätəl\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English dottel, dotelle, from (assumed) Middle English dot lump, dot — more at dot 1. obsolete : plug 2. : unburnt and partially burnt tobacco caked in the bowl of a pipe : heel II. adjective Etymology: Scots, fool, from Middle English dotel, from doten to dote — more at dote Scotland : foolish, feebleminded III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: dottle (pin) : to keep apart by dottle pins or by thimbles (as in glost firing) |