Definitions
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- noun
Earnings ;wages . - noun The act or process of intending;
intention ;purpose ;endeavour . - verb Present participle of
ettle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"That's it -- just what I was 'ettling' after -- lucky fellows we Scots with such words," and the General was immensely delighted to be delivered of his idea in an inoffensive form.
Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878
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Weelum MacLure was 'ettling aifter the same thing the nicht he slippit awa, an' gin ony man cud hae stude on his ain feet yonder, it was
A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Frank Boreham 1915
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"I might hae been in a state and condition to look at Miss Girzy; but, ye ken, I hae a lang clue to wind before I maun think o 'playing the ba' wi 'Fortune, in ettling so far aboun my reach."
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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And here and there -- woefullest sight of all -- single boys distractedly ettling at the sanctuaries of distant houses -- with their heads all the while insanely twisted back over their shoulders, and the glare of their eyes fixed frightfully on the swift-footed Mad Dominie, till souse over neck and ears, bubble and squeak, precipitated into traitorous pitfall, and in a moment evanished from this upper world!
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819
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"Na, na, gudeman, ye needna be sae mim; every body kens, and I ken too, that ye're ettling at the magistracy.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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