dossil noun2 •A small roll or plug used to stop a sore, wound, etc.; a pledget.This new treaty being settled, and a dossil of lint with a snip of plaister applied to our adventurer's wound, he parted from the brother of his dear Emilia […]. — 1751 •A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines. formsdossils
