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 adotter is sufficient.
2011, Jane Symington, Karen Peppercorn,At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion, page289:
These have a long fine brush and adotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.
1971,Contact, “Fyrvaktarns[fyrvaktarens] dotter [The lighthouse keeper's daughter]”, inUtmarker [Outfields][1]:
Hon föddes i kostern på väg in mot land, liten och tunn i bränningens kittel. Stormarna hälsade henne till livet, men moderns själ bar de till himlen. Och klockorna sjöng i Dyrö församling. De ringde för fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens]dotter.
She was born in the koster [type of wide sailboat] on the way to [on the way in toward] land, small and thin in the cauldron of the surf. The storms greeted her to life, but her mother's soul they bore to heaven. And the bells sang in Dyrö parish. They were ringing for the lighthouse keeper'sdaughter.
