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单词 notchel
释义

notcheln.

Brit. /ˈnɒtʃl/, U.S. /ˈnɑtʃ(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s nochell, 1800s nochild, 1800s– natchell, 1800s– notchel, 1800s– notchell, 1800s– notchil, 1900s– knotchel, 1900s– nochil.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. records the word in Cheshire, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire.
English regional (northern). Now rare.
to cry (a person) notchel: to announce publicly that one will not be responsible for the debts of the specified person.
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1681 Dial. 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?
1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 72 Nichil In Lancashire, ‘cry'd no child’ means a woman cried down by her husband.
1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. II 202 To cry ‘notchel’ is to give notice that a certain person or persons will not pay the debts of another person.
1902 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 301/2 [west. Yorks.] A'll cry thee notchel!

Compounds

notchel crying n.
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1859 in Notes & Queries (1866) 11 Aug. 108/1 On Wednesday there was at Accrington an extraordinary instance of the disgraceful practice of ‘notchel crying’.
notchel notice n. Obsolete
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1889 Notes & Queries 5 Oct. 268/2 He is thus said to ‘notchel’ her, and the advertisement is termed a ‘notchel’ notice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

notchelv.

Brit. /ˈnɒtʃl/, U.S. /ˈnɑtʃ(ə)l/
Forms: 1800s knotchell, 1800s– knotchel, 1800s– notchel.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: notchel n.
Etymology: < notchel n.
English regional (northern). Now rare.
transitive. To announce publicly that one will not be responsible for the debts of (a person).
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1818 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire 20 Knotchelled or notchelled, When a man publicly declares he will not pay any of his wife's debts, which have been contracted since some fixed day, she is said to be knotchelled... Lan[cashire].
1841 R. W. Hamilton 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.
1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester 241 When a man makes public announcement that he will not pay his wife's debts, she is said to be notchelled.
1889 Notes & Queries 5 Oct. 268/2 He is thus said to ‘notchel’ her, and the advertisement is termed a ‘notchel’ notice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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