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What is a dottle?

What is a dottle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A plug or tap of a vessel.
  2. A small rounded lump or mass.
  3. The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
  4. (Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier.
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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.
Taggert took his pipe out of his mouth and tapped the dottle into a nearby ash disposal unit.
A tiny little dottle of a woman, she had the heart of a lion.
He tapped out the dottle on the deck, locked the steering oar in position, and commenced repacking his pipe.
He tapped the dottle out of his pipe, picked up the bundle, and rose grumbling.
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.

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