nettles

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English

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Noun

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nettles

  1. plural of nettle

Noun

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nettles pl (plural only)

  1. (nautical) Small lengths of cord attached to a sail, used to secure the excess fabric after reefing; reef points

Translations

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Verb

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nettles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nettle

Anagrams

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Etymology

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From Middle English netle, from Old English netele, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nettles (plural only)

  1. nettles
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:
      Aar was lhaung kaayle an nettles, ee-mixt wee prasaugh buee,
      There was long kale and nettles, mingled with yellow-weed,

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94