单词 | jeel |
释义 | jeeln.1 Scottish. Jelly; = geill n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > jelly > [noun] jelly1393 jelyfc1450 geill?a1500 jeela1774 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 167 There whang his creams an' jeels Wi' life that day. 18.. Song, Jenny's Bawbee (Jam. Suppl.) His suit he press'd sae weel, That Jenny's heart grew saft as jeel. Derivatives jeel v. [French geler] Scottish (intransitive) to set as jelly, to congeal, to ‘jell’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > be thick enough to retain form [verb (intransitive)] > become a jelly jelly1601 gelatinate1794 gelatinize1809 jell1830 jellify1880 jeel1896 1896 ‘I. Maclaren’ Kate Carnegie 205 Setting saucers of black jam upon the window-sill to ‘jeel’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jeeln.2 Manx English. Now rare. Trouble; mischief. Also: damage. Frequently in to do jeel. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] burstc1000 harmOE scatheOE teenOE evil healc1175 waningc1175 hurt?c1225 quede?c1225 balec1275 damage1300 follyc1300 grill13.. ungain13.. torferc1325 eviltyc1330 wem1338 impairment1340 marring1357 unhend1377 sorrowc1380 pairingc1384 pairmentc1384 mischiefc1385 offencec1385 appairment1388 hindering1390 noyinga1398 bresta1400 envya1400 wemminga1400 gremec1400 wilc1400 blemishing1413 lesion?a1425 nocument?a1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 hindrance1436 detrimenta1440 ill1470 untroth1470 diversity1484 remordc1485 unhappinessc1485 grudge1491 wriguldy-wrag?1520 danger1530 dishort1535 perishment1540 wreaka1542 emperishment1545 impeachment1548 indemnity1556 impair1568 spoil1572 impeach1575 interestc1575 emblemishing1583 mishap1587 endamagement1593 blemishment1596 mischievance1600 damnificationa1631 oblesion1656 mishanter1754 vitiation1802 mar1876 jeel1887 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > harmful mischief > [noun] quede?c1225 follyc1300 unhend1377 envya1400 untroth1470 diversity1484 unhappinessc1485 wriguldy-wrag?1520 jeel1887 1887 H. Caine Deemster II. xxiii. 161 We came out to sea just to help you out of this jeel. 1889 T. E. Brown Manx Witch i. 16 Whatavar'd possess her To do such jeel with the crockery Of other people. 1920 Isle of Man Examiner 25 Dec. 2/2 The storm las' night has done awful jeel to the roof. 1927 Ramsey (Isle of Man) Courier 29 July 5/6 Having done ‘jeeil’ to the Court House, the men then proceeded up Waterloo Road to the Promenade, where several barrels of tar were ‘requisitioned’. 1946 Ramsey (Isle of Man) Courier 22 Feb. 6/2 Nature had liberally endowed the man with the muscles of an ox, and when in possession of a stout cudgel he could execute an extraordinary lot of jeel. 1956 Isle of Man Examiner 9 Nov. 4/3 Given an equal incentive, children would do no ‘jeel’. It is the teacher and youth-leader's task to find such an incentive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1774n.21887 |
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