Eisel

//ˈeɪzəl// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    vinegar, verjuice obsolete, uncountable

    "Woul't drink up eisel, eat a crocodile?"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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"Woul't drink up eisel, eat a crocodile?"

Etymology

From Middle English aisel, aisille, aysel, from Old French aisil, from Vulgar Latin *acētillum, a diminutive of Latin acētum (“vinegar”).

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