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ˈnorsel, n.
Also 7 nossel, nozzel, orsell, ossel, ossil, ozzel, etc.
[Later form of nostel.]
(See quots.) Hence ˈnorsel v., to fit with norsels.
1615E. S. Britain's Buss in Arber Garner III. 630 Each net is to be fastened to her ropes with short pieces of cords or lines, of two feet long a piece, called Nozzels. These nozzels are tied very thick... So each net takes 150 nozzels. 1641S. Smith Herring Buss Trade 4 For Norsels at 8d. a Net, being 130 to a Net. Ibid. 11 To bring the Nets to their ropes, and Norsell and Corke them. c1682J. Collins Making Salt in Eng. 112 To each of these are fastned 20 Snoods, alias Nossels, which are small Lines, with Hooks and Baits at them. 1750in Sc. Nat. Dict. (1965) VI. 495/3 The Ossels..each 18 inches long..are fixed to two Mashes at one end by an Eye. 1881Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. III. 150 The nets..are attached to a strong..rope by means of thinner cords known as ‘ozzels’. 1883Fish. Exhib. Catal. 7 Simple Machine, for making Norsels or Snoods of any length. 1921[see norseller]. 1972M. F. Wakelin Patterns Folk Speech Brit. Isles 18 Figure 2 shows the sole-rope as made fast to the net by the ossils. Ibid. 24 There are four fairly well-defined usages. Ossil extends, with one or two breaks, from Burnmouth as far as Lossiemouth. 1973W. Elmer Terminol. Fishing ii. 54 The bait..is put on a skewer..or hung on an orsle..(a short piece of line), and the whole is weighted with stones. |