different between dottle vs mottle
dottle
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?t?l/
- Rhymes: -?t?l
Etymology 1
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.
Alternative forms
- dottel
Noun
dottle (plural dottles)
- A plug or tap of a vessel.
- A small rounded lump or mass.
- The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber p. 96:
- one hand guards the burning dottle of my pipe from the force of the wind
- 1981, John Gardner, Freddy's Book, Abacus 1982, p. 38:
- I clenched my pipe in my right fist and poked at the dottle busily with various fingers, first one then another, of my left hand.
- 1984, Alan Dean Foster, The Hour of the Gate, page 89:
- He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe.
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber p. 96:
- (Tyneside) A baby's dummy, pacifier.
Translations
References
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
Etymology 2
Related to dote, dotard.
Adjective
dottle (comparative more dottle, superlative most dottle)
- (Scotland) Stupid or senile.
- 1893: David Herschell Edwards, One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, volume 15, page 403
- When days and years proclaim you’re old?—
?A dottle, cripple, gouty fellow,
Then for support you can lay hold
?O’ the upright of your umberella.
- When days and years proclaim you’re old?—
- 1893: David Herschell Edwards, One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, volume 15, page 403
Noun
dottle (plural dottles)
- (Scotland) A dotard.
Synonyms
- dodipole, dotel; see also Thesaurus:dotard
Anagrams
- Dettol, lotted, tolted
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mottle
English
Etymology
1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: m?t' l, IPA(key): /?m?t ?l/
- Rhymes: -?t?l
Verb
mottle (third-person singular simple present mottles, present participle mottling, simple past and past participle mottled)
- To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Noun
mottle (plural mottles)
- A distinguishing blotch of color.
- A mottled coloration or pattern.
- The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.
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