Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
jhil . - noun Damage; trouble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun India A morass; a shallow lake.
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- noun Alternative form of
jheel .
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Examples
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There were snipe in countless myriads, and wild geese in flocks that rose from the jeel with a roar like a goods train crossing an iron bridge.
Burmese Days 2002
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"I dinna like growkin 'bairns," I says to Nathan, juist as I was genna gie him a bit piece an 'some noo grozer jeel on't.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Near the village to the North, is a small _jeel_, covered to a great extent with a large Scirpus, Jussiaea, Azolla, Salvinia, etc.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Low ground near the jeel is covered with a low, handsome
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Nicholas Giglio (jeel-EE-oh), who has been missing since the Thursday night crash.
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The little piece now ventured into the world, owe* its origin to the fame fource: not only the general fub - jeel is drawn from Pamela, but almoft every circum - ftance in it.
Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays... 1781
yarb commented on the word jeel
There were snipe in countless myriads, and wild geese in flocks that rose from the jeel with a roar like a goods train crossing an iron bridge.
- George Orwell, Burmese Days
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jeel
Love the description. :-)
September 19, 2008
yarb commented on the word jeel
Yes - Orwell's descriptions of plant and bird life are relaxed and delicate yet precise.
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jeel
If they're all like this, then I'd say you're absolutely right. I've never heard a goods train crossing an iron bridge, but I have heard flocks of wild geese coming up off a lake in one fluttering mass. Amazing.
September 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word jeel
I've heard a goods train crossing an iron bridge, like the log-wagons passing my school in Karelia every half hour. I took some photos, which I might get on Flickr one day, but it's the noise that still haunts me.
September 19, 2008
yarb commented on the word jeel
Bilby, you went to school in Karelia? Now I've got that damn theme of Sibelius lodged in my head. I bet you all had to hum that every morning at assembly, didn't you? Please say you did.
September 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word jeel
It wasn't that kind of school, but I'm a big Sibelius fan. Karelia's well worth a visit; I do hope to get back there one day, the sooner the better.
September 20, 2008