Defn: A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.
2. (Printing)
Defn: A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.
DOST
Dost, 2d pers. sing. pres.
Defn: of Do.
DOT Dot, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.] (Law)
Defn: A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]
DOT
Dot, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. dott small spot, speck; of uncertain origin.]
1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.
2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.