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語源

From 中期英語 chisel, chesil, from 古期英語 ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“gravel, pebble”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɛzəl/
• Homophone: chessel

名詞

chessil (uncountable)

1. gravel or pebbles
   • 1827, Georges Baron Cuvier, Scriptural Geology:

     It might seem probable that such masses as chessil bank, and the beds about Brighton, &c. were lodged, prior to the Deluge, upon the sea shore, and thrown into their present situation by that catastrophe

参照

• “chessil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Schiels, chisels, Schleis