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▪ I. javel1 ? Obs.|ˈdʒæv(ə)l|
Also 5–7 -ell, (5 iawvell, 6 iavelle, -all), 6–7 -il(l, 6–7 Sc. ievel(l, 6 iefwell, ieffell).
[Derivation obscure: cf. cavel n.2, havel n.1]
A low or worthless fellow; a rascal.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1495 Þe lorde..Displesed much..Þat his iueles so gent wyth iaueles wer fouled. c1440York Myst. xxx. 235 O, what javellis are ye þat jappis with gollyng? 1500–20Dunbar Poems lx. 15 Fowll jow⁓jowrdane-hedit jevellis. 1534More Treat. Passion Introd., Wks. 1272 How much more abhominable is that pieuish pride in a lewde vnthriftye iauell. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 82 Pack you, Jefwellis [v.r. jeffells], gett yow to your chargeis. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 309 Whenas Time..Expired had the terme, that these two iavels Should render up a reckning of their travels. c1648–50R. Brathwait Barnabees Jrnl. iv. I. vij, Should this Javell dye next morrow, I partake not in his sorrow. [1825J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 3 Javel or Devil or how shall we call thee?]
▪ II. † ˈjavel2 north. and Sc. Obs.
In 5 iavelle, 5–6 iauill, 6 gavyll, gavil.
[A by-form of jail: cf. dial. F. javiole and med.L. gabiola, gaviola, with cognate forms, under jail. (But the v may be a u, or a scribal vagary.)]
= jail.
1483Cath. Angl. 194/1 A Iavelle, gaola, ubi a presone. 1558Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 185, I bequithe to the presoners of Duresme gavyll to be distributed in allmes xs. 1577Holinshed Chron., Scot. 430/2 The heads..were taken downe beside the place where they were fastned on a gavil [ed. 1587 iauill].
▪ III. † ˈjavel3 Obs.
Also 7 iauil.
[a. F. javelle = ONF. gavelle gavel n.2]
A quantity of stalks of flax, corn, etc. laid in the sun to dry; = gavel n.2
1601Holland Pliny II. 4 When they be sufficiently watered..then must the foresaid iauils or stalkes bee hung out a second time to be dried in the sun. 1611Cotgr., Enjaveler, to make vp corne into Iauels, or Gauels. |