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Eckle

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An icicle. dialectal
  2. 2
    The crest of a cock. dialectal, plural-normally
  3. 3
    A woodpecker. dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To aim; intend; design. Northern-England, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-West Germanic *jikil, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.

Etymology 2

Alteration of ettle.

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