"dotter" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From dot + -er.",
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          "ref": "1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2011, Jane Symington, Karen Peppercorn, At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion, page 289:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "An instrument for drawing dots."
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      "rhymes": "-ɒtə(ɹ)"
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  "word": "dotter"
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        "An instrument for drawing dots."
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