Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An icicle.
- noun plural The crest of a cock.
- To aim; intend; design. Halliwell.
- noun A woodpecker.
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- noun dialectal An
icicle . - noun dialectal, usually plural The
crest of acock . - noun dialectal A
woodpecker . - verb intransitive, Northern England To
aim ;intend ;design .
Etymologies
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From a variation of ickle ("icicle"), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel ("ice, icicle"), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *eiǵ- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.
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Alteration of ettle.
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alexz commented on the word eckle
another one for my list...
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word eckle
Ice-eckle.
January 24, 2013