different between dowed vs dowel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?d/

Verb

dowed

1. simple past tense and past participle of dow

English

Alternative forms

• doul (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dule, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French doelle (“the hollow part of a tool where the handle is”), from Frankish *dulja (“hollow tube, pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *dulj? (“pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?el- (“curvature, hollow”). Cognate with French douelle, douille. Alternatively from Middle Low German dövel (“peg, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *dubilaz. Cognate with Dutch deuvel (“wooden peg”), German Dübel (“dowel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da??l/
• Rhymes: -a??l

Noun

dowel (plural dowels)

1. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
2. A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
3. (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.

Derived terms

• dowel joint
• dowel pin

Coordinate terms

• (pin or block of wood or metal): spline, biscuit, tenon
• (construction): anchor, screw anchor (US); wall plug (UK).

Translations

Verb

dowel (third-person singular simple present dowels, present participle dowelling or doweling, simple past and past participle dowelled or doweled)

1. (transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
2. (transitive) To furnish with dowels.

   A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

Anagrams

• dowle, lowed, owled, wolde