cheel

The "cheel" pine is nearly always found side by side with the deodar -- especially where the latter forms the chief growth of the forest.

The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850

It was with no slight gratification that Karl beheld the "cheel" growing so near.

The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850

It might have been seen by them without attracting any particular notice, but for Karl; who, upon examining its leaves, and submitting them to a botanical test, discovered that within the body of the "cheel" there existed qualities that, in the circumstances in which they were placed, would be of great value to them.

The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850

Karl knew that the "cheel" was one of those pines, the wood of which, being full of turpentine, make most excellent torches; and he had read, that for this very purpose it is used by all classes of people who dwell among the Himalaya mountains, and who find in these torches a very capital substitute for candles or lamps.

The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850

Now all I need is the HTML for tongue-in-cheel-mode off.

New Thread for Terri Schiavo Discussion 2005

'Er was lookin' for the cheel in a month or so, they do say.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

'Twould be cheaper'n a shop; an 'theer's everything a royal duke's cheel could want; an' a butivul robe wi 'lacework cut' pon it, an 'lil bits o' ribbon to tie in the armholes Sundays.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

An 'if you was took, which God forbid, theer'd be that mort o' money to come to Michael, him bein 'your faither -- that is, s'pose the cheel was took tu, which God forbid likewise.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

David prayed hard till that cheel, got wrong side the blanket, died.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

Poor lass, her's done wi 'all her troubles now, an' the unborn cheel tu.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911