▪ I. ˈverrel, n. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 5 verelle, 7 verrill, 8 verril, 8–9 verrel, 9 verel, verrell.
[ad. OF. virelle, virol (mod.F. virole): see ferrule n. and virl n.]
A ferrule.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 400/2 A verelle of a knyffe, spirula. 1611 Cotgr., Frete, a Verrill; th' yron band or hoope that keeps a wooden toole from riuing. Ibid., Tourillon, an inner Verrill; the round plate of yron whereby a peece of wood, often turned on, is preserued from wearing. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Verrel or Verril, a little Brass or Iron-ring, at the small end of a Cane, or Handle of a Tool, &c. 1773 Phil. Trans. LXIII. 418, I cover this part of the tube with a brass verrel. 1807 Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 129 On the upper end of this spar is fixed a stout ring or verrell. 1828 Carr Craven Gloss., Verel,..a small iron hoop. |
▪ II. † ˈverrel, v. Obs.—1
In 5 virell, vyrell.
[ad. OF. vireler, viroler.]
trans. To furnish with a ferrule; = ferrule v.
| a 1450 Fishing w. Angle (1883) 8 Þen virell [v.r. vyrell] þe staff wel at bothe endys with hopy[s] of yren. |