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Definition of Ettle
1. v. t. To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn.
Definition of Ettle
1. Verb. (transitive dialectal chiefly Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive dialectal chiefly Scotland) To expect; reckon; count on. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive dialectal chiefly Scotland) To take aim. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive dialectal chiefly Scotland) To make attempt. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive dialectal chiefly Scotland) To direct one's course. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive dialectal chiefly Scotland) To aspire; be ambitious. ¹
7. Noun. (dialectal chiefly Scotland) Intention; intent; aim. ¹
8. Verb. (obsolete) To earn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ettle
1. to intend [v ETTLED, ETTLING, ETTLES] - See also: intend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ettle
Literary usage of Ettle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... regulate temporarily the Questions in dispute, and for a general council
to •ettle definitely the accusations against Rome, and the religious disputes. ..."
2. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle;*' But little wist she Maggie's mettle!
Ae spring brought off her master hale, 215 But left behind her ain gray tail: The ..."
3. A System of Natural Philosophy: in which are Explained the Principles of by John Lee Comstock (1856)
"... •«•*ml. a ettle sulphate of copper k tied in a tag, and •m>caded in the sola-
two. In 24 or 39 hoc«, die copper, (if au is right) wiD be ..."
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