*ayle*

{ , n. [ OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather. ] 1. A great-grandfather. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will not remain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. [ Akin to Dan. kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & G. kegel, OHG. kegil, whence F. quille. ] A game; ninepins. [ Prov Eng. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ √159. ] Skittles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without stop or delay. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. trisaïeul, from L. tris, tres, three + F. aïeul grandfather. Cf. Besaiel, and see Ayle. ] A grandfather's grandfather. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Writ of tresayle (O. Eng. Law), a writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had been deprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no road or path; pathless. [ 1913 Webster ]