yafflen.1
/ˈjafl/, U.S. /ˈjæf(ə)l/ dialect.
The green woodpecker.
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1792 C. Smith Desmond I. 173 I remember the cry of the wood-peckers, or yaffils, as we call them in that country [sc. Kent].
1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Woodpecker—Green Green Woodpecker... Yappingale. Yaffle, or Yaffler.
1856 C. Kingsley South Wind ii, in Poems (1889) 292 O blessed yaffil, laughing loud!
1893 D. Jordan Forest Tithes 126 On their grey trunks the yaffle shins about, yells, laughs, and yikes to his heart's content.
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yafflen.2
/ˈjafl/, U.S. /ˈjæf(ə)l/ dialect.
1. A bark, a yelp.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > bark
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > yelp
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1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 662 My faithful dog..sent up a loud ‘yaffle’.
1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 192 The petulant yaffle of the cottage cur.
2. The call of the green woodpecker.
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yaffle1955
1955 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles IV. 77 It [sc. the green woodpecker] is a bird which attracts attention by its loud cry or ‘yaffle’.
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 12 Nov. 18/4 The yaffle of a green woodpecker and needle-like sounds from the tits and goldcrests.
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yafflen.3
/ˈjafl/, U.S. /ˈjæf(ə)l/, Canadian English /ˈjæf(ə)l/ dialect (now chiefly Newfoundland).
A handful; an armful, esp. (in Newfoundland) of dried fish or kindling.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills part of body > arm
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1842 H. J. Daniel Bride of Scio 180 in Eng. Dial. Dict Thee'rt but a yaffle, and most nashun light.
1862 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 621/2 Having purloined a quantity, known in this land as a yaffle of dry fish.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 30/1 Jaffle, a handful: generally applied to a bunch of flowers... Jeffull, Yaffle, handful. ‘Jeffulls of hay.’
1880 T. Q. Couch E. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 108 Yafful, arms full.
1966 A. R. Scammell My Newfoundland 83 Ned plumped another yaffel (armful) of fish on the culling board.
1983 Daily Tel. 25 June 15/4 They're still trying to figure out how a yaffle of wood, which means an armload, can be converted into grams.
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yafflev.1
/ˈjafl/, U.S. /ˈjæf(ə)l/ dialect.
intransitive.
a. To bark sharply, as a dog; to yelp. (Cf. yaff v.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > bark
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > howl or yelp
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1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Yaffle,..to bark. Same as Yaff.
1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words Yaffle, to yelp, or bark like a little dog... A yaffling little cur.
1887 Liverpool Daily Post 12 Aug. 4/5 Yaffling little pet dogs.
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b. To talk indistinctly, to mumble.
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c. Of a woodpecker: To utter its characteristic cry. (Cf. yaffle n.1, yaffler n.)
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ˈyaffling adj.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [adjective] > of the woodpeckers > making sound (of green woodpecker)
yaffling1875
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that barks
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > howling or yelping
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1875 Anderida II. xvi. 26 Then came three or four sounding taps from a woodpecker's beak, and a yaffling laugh as he flew away.
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yafflev.2
/ˈjafl/, /ˈjɒfl/, U.S. /ˈjæf(ə)l/, /ˈjɑf(ə)l/ dialect.
intransitive. To eat or drink, esp. noisily or greedily.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat noisily
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1788 F. Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue Yaffling, eating.
a1821 J. W. Masters Dick & Sal at Canterbury Fair in W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (1887) p. xx Sa when we lickt de platters out, An yoffled down de beer.
a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. viii. 30 You bloody swaddies can't half yaffle.
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yafflev.3
/ˈjafl/, U.S. /ˈjæf(ə)l/, Canadian English /ˈjæf(ə)l/ dialect (now chiefly Newfoundland).
transitive. To gather up (a load of fish, etc.) in one's arms. Also absol.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fish [verb (intransitive)] > to gather up
yaffle1891
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > catch fish [verb (transitive)] > to gather up
yaffle1891
1891 in Cent. Dict. (at cited word) To transport yaffles of fish: as, ‘now, boys, go to yaffling’.
1891 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 622/1 Her beau who daily ‘yaffles’ fish.
1895 J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes 22 For with the furze they yaffled in A lot of dirty looch.
1979 A. M. Tizzard On Sloping Ground 295 My father would be down in the punt while I yaffled the fish and threw it down to him.
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