DOZZLENOUN
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
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