DOZZLE

DOZZLE

NOUN
1. an oddly-dressed, tawdry woman; a slattern ...1855 Eng. dial.
2. a shapeless lump; a hunk; a small quantity ...1867 Eng. dial.
3. the unburnt tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and placed
on top of the next pipeful ...1892 Eng. dial.
4. an ornamental piece of pastry on the top of a pie crust
...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
5. a small rosette or ornament upon articles of clothing
...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
6. a prim, stiff-looking person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
7. a doll made of a quantity of rags tied up together ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
8. a plug of lint or rag for stopping a wound ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
VERB
1. to render stupid; to stupefy, to confuse ...a1670 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. to drizzle, to rain finely ...1866 Eng. dial.
3. to overdress, to deck oneself out ...1876 Eng. dial.
 
ETYMOLOGY
for verb 1: from 'doze' vb. with freq. suffix -le
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
a1670 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE (for verb 1)
"...and being dozzled with fear, thinks every man wiser than himself."
 
From: Bishop Hacket's Memoirs of The Life of Archbishop Williams
By: John Hacket, a1670
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
• The Dialect of Cumberland, Robert Ferguson, 1873
• Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, Rev. W.D. Parish, 1875