dowle

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English

Etymology 1

Compare Old French douille (“soft”), and English ductile.

Pronunciation

Noun

dowle

  1. feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather
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      1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      You fools! I and my fellows
      Are ministers of fate: the elements
      Of whom your swords are temper'd may as well
      Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs
      Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish
      One dowle that's in my plume; […]
    • a. 1859, De Quincey, Notes on Godwin Foster and Hazlitt, at page 304 in the collected works' volume of 1864.
      No feather, or dowle of a feather, but was heavy enough for him.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

dowle (plural dowles)

  1. (India, historical or archaic) Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter”)

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