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Dottle vs Mottle - What's the difference?

dottle | mottle |

As nouns the difference between dottle and mottle

is that dottle is a plug or tap of a vessel while mottle is a distinguishing blotch of color.

As a verb mottle is

to mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

dottle

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A plug or tap of a vessel.
  • A small rounded lump or mass.
  • The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
  • *1957 , Lawrence Durrell, Justine , Faber p. 96:
  • *:one hand guards the burning dottle of my pipe from the force of the wind
  • *1981 , John Gardner, Freddy's Book , Abacus 1982, p. 38:
  • *:I clenched my pipe in my right fist and poked at the dottle busily with various fingers, first one then another, of my left hand.
  • *1984 , , page 89:
    • He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe.
  • *2010 , Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles :
  • *:I fiddle and scrape and poke for a while, banging out the dottle from my previous pipeful into an ashtray and puffing down the stem like a horn player warming up his trumpet.
  • (Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier.

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    mottle

    English

    Verb

    (mottl)
  • To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia mottle) (mottles)
  • a distinguishing blotch of color
  • mottled coloration or pattern
    • The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.