athels

Noun (1)

athel (plural athels)

1. (obsolete) A chief or lord.
   • To tell of his deir weid war doutles delite,
     And alse ter for to tell the travalis war tight.
     His name and his nobillay wes noght for to nyte;
     Thair wes na hathill sa heich, be half ane fute hicht.1508, Golagros and Gawane

Noun (2)

athel (plural athels)

1. A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.

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