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Dowel   /dˈaʊəl/   Listen
noun
Dowel  n.  (Mech.)
1.
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
2.
A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.
Dowel joint, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels.
Dowel pin, a dowel. See Dowel, n., 1.



verb
Dowel  v. t.  (past & past part. doweled or dowelled; pres. part. doweling or dowelling)  To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.






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"Dowel" Quotes from Famous Books



... influence in the same direction as the writings of Wycliffe. It is a vision and an allegory, wherein the vices of the time, especially those of the clergy, are unsparingly dealt with. Towards the close it loses itself in a metaphysical allegory concerning Dowel, Dobet, and Dobest.[17] I do not find much poetry in it. There is more, to my mind, in another poem, written some thirty or forty years later, the author of which is unknown, perhaps because he was an imitator of William Langland, ...
— England's Antiphon • George MacDonald

... seasoning; is not durable in contact with the soil or if exposed. Hickory excels as wagon and carriage stock, for hoops in cooperage, and is extensively used in the manufacture of implements and machinery, for tool handles, timber pins, harness work, dowel pins, golf clubs, and fishing rods. The hickories are tall trees with slender stems, never forming forests, occasionally small groves, but usually occur scattered among other broad-leaved trees in suitable localities. The following species all contribute more or ...
— Seasoning of Wood • Joseph B. Wagner

... projections other than a molded sill, as on the Morris house, while a stone lintel or brick arch must replace the ornamental head, often such a pleasing feature of wood construction. The frames were of heavy construction held together at the corners by large dowel pins and were ornamented by suitable moldings broken around the reveals of the masonry and by molded sash guides in the frame. In the earlier brick houses the square-headed window openings had either ...
— The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia • Frank Cousins

... of the harp, Metres and rhymes that fail to dowel, Willing to turn from pains so sharp To some soft labour ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 • Various

... bills and attending to the correspondence; for there were other matters that had to be attended to besides the Rose-Quartz Spring. Besides the farm work we had to look after the hardwood flooring mill that summer and the white-birch dowel mill. For several days toward the end of June we did not even have time to go up to the spring for our usual supply of water. But we kept Jim Doane there under instructions to attend carefully to the putting up of the water. It was ...
— A Busy Year at the Old Squire's • Charles Asbury Stephens



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