feal
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of feal
1550–60; < Old French feal ; see fealty
Example Sentences
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Ye know how my lord, Caerleon's liege, Swore feal to the Romans His lorn wife and daughters— When the wolf, Death, Gnawed life from his heart.
From Nirvana Days by Rice, Cale Young
Sometimes I feal like gittin' lonesum but I jist keep puttin' it of.
From Sowing Seeds in Danny by McClung, Nellie L.
He was thus answered by another parish oracle--perhaps the schoolmaster, perhaps a weaver:--"Fat better culd the man dee nir he's dune?--he bud tae big's dyke wi' the feal at fit o't."
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
They wont bight nor jaw back, but they feal az raw and kold az the yelk ov an egg.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
I feal very anctious about you this winter, and how you are a doing.
From Spinning-Wheel Stories by Alcott, Louisa May
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