"pistle" meaning in English

See pistle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪsl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɪs(ə)l/ [General-American] Forms: pistles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪsəl Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English pistel, pistle (“letter; literary work in letter form; written legend or story; spoken communication; (Christianity) one of the letters by an apostle in the New Testament; extract from such a letter read as part of the Mass”) [and other forms], from Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), an aphetic form of epistol, epistola, from Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”): see further at epistle. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Scots pistil, pistle Etymology templates: {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{inh|en|enm|pistel}} Middle English pistel, {{nb...|pistil, postile, (Early Middle English) postole|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|pistol|t=letter, epistle}} Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), {{glossary|aphetic}} aphetic, {{der|en|la|epistola|t=letter, epistle; literary work in letter form}} Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”), {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{cog|sco|pistil}} Scots pistil Head templates: {{en-noun}} pistle (plural pistles)
  1. (archaic or obsolete) Synonym of epistle Tags: archaic, obsolete Synonyms: epistle [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-pistle-en-noun-656oIsPZ
  2. (obsolete) A story conveyed verbally. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pistle-en-noun-B4AmpHaE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 89 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 90 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 93 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɪsl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɪs(ə)l/ [General-American] Forms: pistles [present, singular, third-person], pistling [participle, present], pistled [participle, past], pistled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪsəl Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English pistel, pistle (“letter; literary work in letter form; written legend or story; spoken communication; (Christianity) one of the letters by an apostle in the New Testament; extract from such a letter read as part of the Mass”) [and other forms], from Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), an aphetic form of epistol, epistola, from Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”): see further at epistle. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Scots pistil, pistle Etymology templates: {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{inh|en|enm|pistel}} Middle English pistel, {{nb...|pistil, postile, (Early Middle English) postole|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|pistol|t=letter, epistle}} Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), {{glossary|aphetic}} aphetic, {{der|en|la|epistola|t=letter, epistle; literary work in letter form}} Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”), {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{cog|sco|pistil}} Scots pistil Head templates: {{en-verb}} pistle (third-person singular simple present pistles, present participle pistling, simple past and past participle pistled)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To write about (someone or something) in, or in the form of, a letter. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-pistle-en-verb-S529zq-h

Inflected forms

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