Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dialectal form of oil.
  • noun A hedgehog.
  • noun The former and more correct spelling of aisle.
  • noun The former and more correct spelling of isle.
  • noun A small flat insect found in the livers of sheep.
  • noun A former spelling of I'll, a colloquial contraction of I will.
  • noun See -il.
  • noun A form of ail.
  • noun Same as ileum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Ear of corn.
  • noun obsolete An isle.
  • noun obsolete An aisle.

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  • noun obsolete Ear of corn — Ainsworth
  • noun obsolete An aisle — H. Swinburne
  • noun obsolete An isle — Geoffrey Chaucer
  • phrase archaic I’ll; contraction for I will or I shall

Etymologies

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From Old English egl

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See aisle.

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See isle

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See I'll

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