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单词 hamel
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hameln.1

Forms: Also hamell, hamil.
Etymology: < Old French hamel (13th cent. in Littré). modern French hameau , (medieval Latin hamellum ), diminutive of *ham (Picard ham , hem ), < West Germanic haim village, dwelling, home n.1 and adj.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
= hamlet n.1
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > small village or hamlet
towneOE
hamletc1330
hamelc1514
endware1577
endship1590
quillet1597
flect1637
peasantship1762
villaget1781
c1514 Exam. Cokeye More in Chetham Misc. (1856) II. 7 How feere the town or hamell of Aynsworth extends.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xv. f. 28v No townschyppe nor hamell.
1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 390 Hamlet, Hamel, or Hampsel are diminutives of Ham, which signifies an Habitation.
?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) To Rdr. p. vi They look'nt on im as th' Hammil-Scoance.
1885 Cheshire Gloss. Hamil Sconce, the light of the village or hamlet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

hameln.2

Brit. /ˈhɑːm(ə)l/, /ˈham(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈhæm(ə)l/, /ˈhɑm(ə)l/, South African English /ˈhʌm(ə)l/, /ˈhɑːm(ə)l/
Etymology: Afrikaans = Dutch hamel , German hammel castrated ram; compare hamble v.
South African.
A wether.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male
wetherc890
wether sheep13..
heder1579
hamel1835
wedder1866
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > castrated or wether
wetherc890
wether sheep13..
muttonc1450
stag1784
hamel1835
wedder1866
1835 A. Smith Diary 22 Apr. (1939) I. 376 If relatives rich, sometimes kill ten oxen and ten hamels.
1871 H. H. Dugmore Reminisc. Albany Settler 14 A dozen of startled hamels, just separated from a large flock, would be likely to try a driver's legs, and lungs too, in crossing it.
1895 W. C. Scully Kafir Stories 28 Would your father have let me die rather than take a hamel from the flock of a rich, lazy boer, who never counts his sheep?
1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony xvii. 346 Ram lambs are..‘sorted’ to make wethers or hamels.
1950 Cape Times 14 Dec. 13/6 At an auction sale..hamels fetched £6 11s.—the highest price for hamels in this district.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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