See Also: isel(dictionary)

isel (iou)



isel noun. Now dial. Also izle.
[Old English ysel, ysle, cogn. with Middle High German usele, usel, mod. German dial. usel, Ussel, Issel spark, Old Norse usli fire, from same base as Latin ust-, urere burn.]
A spark; an ember; usu. in pl., sparks, embers; ashes. Also, floating sparks from a conflagration; extinct sparks, particles of soot, smuts.