eckle

Meanings

Noun

An icicle.
The crest of a cock.
A woodpecker.

Verb

To aim; intend; design.

Origin

From a variation of ickle, from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel ("ice, icicle"), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ("icefloe, icicle"). More at ickle.
Alteration of ettle.

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