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- DOLLOP (Flax)The trade name for the armful of flax or tow, spread upon the feed sheet of the breaker card in one round of the clock attached to the feed roller.
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dollop — [däl′əp] n. [< ? ON dolp, small dangling ball] 1. a soft mass or blob, as of some food; lump 2. a small quantity of liquid; splash, jigger, dash, etc. 3. a measure or amount [a dollop of wit] vt. to put or give out in dollops … English World dictionary
dollop — 1570s, from E. Anglian dialectal dallop patch, tuft or clump of grass, of uncertain origin. Modern sense of a lump or glob is 1812. As a verb, from 1825 … Etymology dictionary
dollop — [n] lump bit, blob, glob, gob, mass, piece, portion; concepts 432,786,835 … New thesaurus
dollop — informal ► NOUN ▪ a shapeless mass or lump, especially of soft food. ► VERB (dolloped, dolloping) ▪ add or serve out in large shapeless quantities. ORIGIN perhaps Scandinavian … English terms dictionary
dollop — UK [ˈdɒləp] / US [ˈdɑləp] noun [countable] Word forms dollop : singular dollop plural dollops informal 1) a large lump of a soft substance, especially food dollop of: a dollop of cream/mashed potato 2) a large amount of something dollop of: You… … English dictionary
dollop — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1812 1. chiefly British an indefinite often large quantity especially of something liquid < out of heaven, as if a plug had been pulled, fell a jolly dollop of rain E. M. Forster > 2. a lump or glob… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Dollop — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Dollop (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on Dollop instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/Dollop … Wikipedia
dollop — dol|lop [ˈdɔləp US ˈda: ] n informal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian dolp piece ] 1.) a small amount of soft food, usually dropped from a spoon dollop of ▪ a dollop of thick cream 2.) an amount of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
dollop — dol|lop [ daləp ] noun count INFORMAL 1. ) a large lump of a soft substance, especially food: dollop of: a dollop of cream/mashed potato 2. ) a large amount of something: dollop of: You ll need a big dollop of luck to succeed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dollop — /dol euhp/, n. 1. a lump or blob of some substance: dollops of mud. 2. a small quantity: Add a dollop of soda water to the mixture. v.t. 3. to dispense in dollops: to dollop whipped cream over the cake. [1565 75; cf. Icel dolpur fat man, Norw… … Universalium
dollop — [[t]dɒ̱ləp[/t]] dollops N COUNT: usu N of n A dollop of soft or sticky food is a large spoonful of it. [INFORMAL] ...a dollop of cream … English dictionary
