† ˈeverydeal Obs.
[Combination of every and deal.]
1. as n. Every part, the whole, every point in particular.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 35 For my god heo louede me, & now he habbeþ euery del. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 78 A message..Teld William eueridele of Malcolme robberie. 1413 Lydg. Pilgr. Sowle iv. xxxvi. (1483) 83 The feete ben the bases that beren euerydele. 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. xx. 54/2 As they saye one holy prayer may chaunge euery dele. 1531 Elyot Gov. i. xx, The straunge kynge..understode euery dele of the mater. |
b. subjoined to a n. or n. pron.; emphasizing the totality of the object: Every whit, every part (of it); shading off into the advb. use 2.
| c 1220 Bestiary 345 Forwerpen pride euril[c] del, so hert doð hise hornes. 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 408 An quoynte tour hii lete make eueryldel of tre. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. i. 31 She þat ȝit couereþ hir and wympleþ hir to oþer folk, haþ shewed hir euerydel to þe. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 102/1 Thenne saynt Iohn toke the cuppe..and dranke it of euerydele. 1560 School-ho. Women 787 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 135 Thy beasts, thy goods and thy children all Be dead and brent now euery deale. |
2. as adv. In every part, in every respect; entirely, wholly.
| c 1375 Lay Folks Mass-bk. (MS. B.) 526 Make my loue, both day & nyght sykerly sett euerilk dele. c 1400 Sowdone Bab. 314, I have aspied everydele Howe thai shalle alle be betrayede. c 1475 Partenay 914 Ther coursers loged..Insyde tentes ful fair eueridel. 1597 Bp. Hall Sat. iii. vii. 49 If that semblance suite not euerie deale. 1714 Gay Sheph. Week v. 79 There ev'ry deale my Heart by Love was gain'd. |