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  1. ettlenoun

    Intention; intent; aim.

  2. ettleverb

    To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.

  3. ettleverb

    To expect; reckon; count on.

  4. ettle

    To take aim.

  5. ettle

    To make attempt.

  6. ettle

    To direct one's course.

  7. ettle

    To aspire; be ambitious.

  8. ettleverb

    To earn.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ettleverb

    to earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn

  2. Etymology: [Perh. the same word as addle to earn; bur cf. OE. atlien, etlien, to intend, prepare, Icel. tla to think, suppose, mean.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ettle

    et′l, v.t. (Scot.) to purpose, intend.—v.t. to guess.—n. purpose, intent. [Ice., ætla, to think, from root of Goth. aha, understanding.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ettle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ettle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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