Oyl vs Orl - What's the difference?
oyl | orl |
* 1734 , , J. Roberts, page 14:
As nouns the difference between oyl and orl
is that oyl is obsolete spelling of lang=en while orl is an alder tree.As an adverb orl is
eye dialect of lang=en.oyl
English
Noun
(head)- ...into the glands that separate the oyl abovesaid.
orl
English
Etymology 1
was a phonetic addition in (etyl)); compare the (etyl) oryelle, as well as the (etyl) erila, the (etyl) erle, and the Modern (etyl) Erle.Derived terms
* (l) (angling)References
* “Orl]” listed on page 205 of volume VII (O–P) of '' [1st ed., 1909]'''1747''' R. Bowlker ''Art of Angling'' 69 The Orle Fly..is the best Fly to Fish with after the May Flyes are gone. '''1787''' Best ''Angling'' (ed. 2) 115 The Orl fly comes on the latter end of May and continues on till the latter end of June. '''1875 W. Houghton ''Brit. Insects'' 64 The well-known orl or Alder-fly (''Sialis lutarius ). * “
Orl,''' dial. form of ''olr'', ''alr'', Alder, the tree. [¶] [''c'' '''1440''', see Oryelle.] '''1747''' R. Bowlker ''Art of Angling'' 27 This Hedge ought to be made chiefly of Orls. '''1804''' Duncumb ''Hist. Hereford'' I. ''Gloss.'' (E. D. S.), ''Orl'', the wood alder. [¶] Hence '''Orl-fly''', ellipt. '''Orl''', the alder-fly, ''Sialis lutarius'', used by anglers. [¶
orl” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) * “
orl, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, September 2004)
Etymology 2
.Adverb
(-)- That’s orl right.