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▪ I. jeel, n.1 Sc.|dʒiːl|
Variant of geill, jelly.
a1774Fergusson Election Poems (1845) 40 There whang his creams and jeels Wi' life that day. 18..Song, Jenny's Bawbee (Jam. Suppl.), His suit he press'd sae weel, That Jenny's heart grew saft as jeel.
So jeel v. intr. Sc. [F. geler], to set as jelly, to congeal, to ‘jell’.
1896Ian Maclaren Kate Carnegie 205 Setting saucers of black jam upon the window-sill to ‘jeel’.
▪ II. jeel, n.2 Isle of Man.
[Manx jeeyl, jeeill, jeell, Ir. díoghbhail damage, loss, OIr. dígbail diminution.]
Damage; mischief.
1887Hall Caine Deemster xxiii. 147 We came out to sea just to help you out of this jeel. 1890― Bondman xxii. II. 279 In all this jeel with the girl and the Governor. |