dout
[verb]
Synonyms: extinguish, douse, out, put out, quench, squench

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dout verb & noun. [daʊt] Also (now only as noun) dowt. E16.
[Contr. of do out: see DO verb.]
A. verb trans. Extinguish, put out, (a fire or light). obsolete exc. dial. E16.
b. noun.
1. A thing which extinguishes something. obsolete exc. dial. L16.

2. A cigarette-end. Scot. colloq. M20.

■ douter noun (obsolete exc. dial.) a person who or thing which extinguishes something E17.

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