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eale - What does it mean?

Definition of 'eale'

English

Noun

  • The yale (also "centicore", Latin "eale") is a mythical beast found in European mythology. Most descriptions make it an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction.
  • * Shakespeare, Hamlet (act 1 scene 4)
  • Hamlet:' As infinite as man may undergo--
    Shall in the general censure take corruption
    From that particular fault: the dram of '
    eale

    Doth all the noble substance of a doubt
    To his own scandal.
    (Webster 1913)