FEAL

Etymology 1

Adjective

feal (comparative fealer or more feal, superlative fealest or most feal)

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) (of persons) Comfortable; cosy; safe.

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Smooth; soft; downy; velvety.

Adverb

feal (comparative fealer or more feal, superlative fealest or most feal)

In a feal manner.

Etymology 2

Verb

feal (third-person singular simple present feals, present participle fealing, simple past and past participle fealed)

(transitive, dialectal) To hide.

Etymology 3

Verb

feal (third-person singular simple present feals, present participle fealing, simple past fealed or fale, past participle fealed or folen)

(obsolete) To press on, advance.

Etymology 4

Adjective

feal (comparative fealer or more feal, superlative fealest or most feal)

(archaic) faithful, loyal

Etymology 5

Noun

feal (plural feals)

Alternative form of fail (“piece of turf cut from grassland”)

Anagrams

• Lafe, Leaf, alef, flea, leaf

Source: Wiktionary


Fe"al, a. Etym: [OF. feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, F. fidèle, L. fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith. See Faith.]

Definition: Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] Wright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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