dossil

dossil
/dos"euhl/, n. Engraving.
a cloth roll for removing excess ink from a plate before printing.
[1250-1300; ME dosil < MF < ML duciculus, equiv. to L duci- (s. of dux) leader + -culus -CULE1]

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