eckle
English
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Etymology 1
From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ikil, ykle, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.
Noun
eckle (plural eckles)
- (dialectal) An icicle.
- (dialectal, usually in the plural) The crest of a cock.
- (dialectal) A woodpecker.
Etymology 2
Alteration of ettle.
Verb
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- (intransitive, Northern England) To aim; intend; design.
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- en:Woodpeckers