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notchel, n. dial.|ˈnɒtʃəl|
Also 7 nochell, 9 nochil(d, knotchell, etc.
[Of obscure origin. Now current only in Chesh., Lanc., and W. Yks.]
to cry (one) notchel, to proclaim publicly that one will not be responsible for debts incurred by the person named. Also in notchel-crying, notchel-notice.
1681Dial. betw. Sam. & Will. in Harl. Misc. (1744) II. 101 The King's Majesty,..him they cryed Nochell. Sam. What, as Gaffer Block of our Town cryed his Wife? 1839Lewis Gloss. Heref., In Lancashire, ‘cry'd nochild’ means a woman cried down by her husband. 1859in N. & Q. 3rd Ser. (1866) X. 108 On Wednesday there was at Accrington an extraordinary instance of the disgraceful practice of ‘notchel crying’. 1882Lanc. Gloss. 202 To cry ‘notchel’ is to give notice that a certain person or persons will not pay the debts of another person. 1889N. & Q. 7th Ser. VIII. 268 He is thus said to ‘notchel’ her, and the advertisement is termed a ‘notchel’ notice.
Hence ˈnotchel v.
1841Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 356 When a man advertises that he is not answerable for certain debts of a partner, in life or in trade, he knotchells them. 1886Cheshire Gloss. 241 When a man makes public announcement that he will not pay his wife's debts, she is said to be notchelled. |