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eckle.

An icicle.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An icicle.

    dialectal
  2. The crest of a cock.

    dialectal · plural-normally
  3. A woodpecker.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

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.

verb
  1. To aim; intend; design.

    Northern-England · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Alteration of ettle.

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