"eckle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eckles [plural]
Etymology: From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-West Germanic *jikil, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|ickle||icicle}} ickle (“icicle”), {{inh|en|enm|ikil}} Middle English ikil, {{m|enm|ykle}} ykle, {{inh|en|ang|ġicel||ice, icicle}} Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jikil}} Proto-West Germanic *jikil, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jekulaz||piece of ice}} Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁eyH-||icefloe, icicle}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”), {{l|en|ickle}} ickle Head templates: {{en-noun}} eckle (plural eckles)
  1. (dialectal) An icicle. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-eckle-en-noun-9irL5mCy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 8 2 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 9 2 33
  2. (dialectal, usually in the plural) The crest of a cock. Tags: dialectal, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-eckle-en-noun-NXw~li7f
  3. (dialectal) A woodpecker. Tags: dialectal Categories (lifeform): Woodpeckers
    Sense id: en-eckle-en-noun-oObf8EVd Disambiguation of Woodpeckers: 33 5 55 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eccle
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: eckles [present, singular, third-person], eckling [participle, present], eckled [participle, past], eckled [past]
Etymology: Alteration of ettle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|ettle}} ettle Head templates: {{en-verb}} eckle (third-person singular simple present eckles, present participle eckling, simple past and past participle eckled)
  1. (intransitive, Northern England) To aim; intend; design. Tags: Northern-England, intransitive
    Sense id: en-eckle-en-verb-bnpuYyl3 Categories (other): Northern England English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eccle
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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