different between eckle vs deckle

English

Alternative forms

• eccle

Etymology 1

From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ?icel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.

Noun

eckle (plural eckles)

1. (dialectal) An icicle.
2. (dialectal, usually in the plural) The crest of a cock.
3. (dialectal) A woodpecker.

Etymology 2

Alteration of ettle.

Verb

eckle (third-person singular simple present eckles, present participle eckling, simple past and past participle eckled)

1. (intransitive, Northern England) To aim; intend; design.

Anagrams

• Cleek, Eckel, cleek

English

Etymology

From German Deckel, diminutive of Decke (“covering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l
• Homophone: decal (Canada)

Noun

deckle (plural deckles)

1. (paper-making, art) A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
2. A membrane covering the outermost side of a brisket of beef, where it was attached to the rib cage
3. (Jewish cuisine) The fattier, smaller point-cut portion of a brisket of beef, being the superficial pectoral muscle.

Synonyms

• (point-cut portion of a brisket): point

Derived terms

• deckle edge
• deckle-edged

Anagrams

• deckel, eckled

German

Verb

deckle

1. inflection of deckeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative