dotter

dot +‎ -er

dotter (plural dotters)

1. An instrument for drawing dots.
   • 1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers

     Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient.

   • 2011, Jane Symington, ‎Karen Peppercorn, At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion (page 289)

     These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.

• detort, rotted

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriz, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

dotter f (definite singular dottera, indefinite plural døtrer, definite plural døtrene)

1. daughter

• stedotter

• “dotter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriz, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

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dotter c

1. daughter; someone's female child

• son

• dotter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)