dowle

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈdaʊl/

Definition of dowle

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather

“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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noun

feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather

“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.”
(India, alt-of, alternative, archaic, historical)Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter”).

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

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