2. Noun. (dialectal) A fairy; elf; sprite. ¹
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Definition of Puckle
1. a small quantity [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puckle
Literary usage of Puckle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"This work is highly creditable to Mr. puckle, who combines rare merit as an artist
with the zeal and research of the antiquary. His drawings shew a degree ..."
2. The New England Company of 1649 and John Eliot: The Ledger for the Years by George Parker Winship (1920)
"Wm puckle. CWm Molines: Cancelled] That Mr Trer Mr Hutchinson Mr Babington ...
Wm puckle John Rolfe Thomas Bell Richd Hutchinson Willm Molines That it bee ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"A Dialogue bet ween a Father and Son. By JAMES puckle. London: Tilt. 1834.
THIS is a republication of the pleasant dialogue of James puckle, in which will ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"In order to recommend it to public notice, puckle issued a pamphlet entitled ...
In puckle subjected the work to further changes, and issued it as ..."
5. Cawnpore by George Otto Trevelyan (1866)
"puckle.—AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE on CONIC SECTIONS and ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY, ...
By G. HALE puckle, MA Second Edition. Crown 8vo. "]s. 6,/. RAMSAY. ..."
6. Visitation of England and Wales by Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1904)
"Reg., 657, 96) 4 July 1896, by Albert puckle, the brother, the sole Exor. I Coast
Castle, by Elizabeth his wife, dau. of Thomas Donne (Miniature Portraits ..."
7. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1893)
"CANON puckle. I ALMOST regret having adopted the title of " Roman Dover " for
the few memoranda I can lay before the Society ; there seems an over-ambitious ..."
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