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	CHURL (A.S. ceorl, cog... - Online Information article about CHURL (A.S. ceorl, cog...
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		Taking a less technical sense than the ceorl of Anglo-Saxon law, churl, or cherl was used in See also:
		End of Article: CHURL (A.S. ceorl, cognate with the Ger.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CHR_CLI/CHURL_AS_ceorl_cognate_with_the.html (545 words)

	Churl - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After the Norman Conquest the ceorls were reduced to a condition of servitude, and the word translates the villanus of Domesday Book, although it also covers classes other than the villani.
		Taking a less technical sense than the ceorl of Anglo-Saxon law, churl, or cherl was used in general to mean a "man," and more particularly a "husband." In this sense it was employed about 1000 in a translation of the New Testament to render the word avitp (John iv.
		It was then employed to describe a "peasant," and gradually began to denote undesirable qualities.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Churl (323 words)

	Churl
		A churl, in its earliest Anglo-Saxon meaning, was simply "a man", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelled ceorle, and denoting the lowest rank of freemen.
		According to the Oxford English Dictionary it later came to mean the opposite of the nobility and royalty, "a common person".
		The word ceorle in a corrupted form is frequently found in British place names, in towns such as Carlton and Charlton, meaning "the farm of the churls".
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Churl.html (195 words)

	Aristocratic World
		The term ‘churl’, as Chaucer uses it, is more pejorative than ‘peasant’;, and appears to refer to manners and lifestyle as much as social origin.
		The Reeve is a rich man, but is referred to by Geoffrey as a churl, whereas the Yeoman, also a servant working on a rural estate, is not.The Parson, who as a member of the clergy may be exempt from churl status, is the brother of an agricultural labourer.
		Yeoman, Ploughman (not called a churl either) and Parson are all good, honest men, whereas the Reeve and the Manciple are not.
	www.english.heacademy.ac.uk /newchaucer/tales/churls1.htm (1055 words)

	churl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With this view, he wrote four books on Epictetus,--a life, which is now unhappily lost; a book of conversation or "table talk," which is also lost; and two books which have come down to us, viz.
		At that critical moment the necessity of a temporary dictatorship, which sometimes secures the safety of a state, banished all reflections on the consequences of such a power, and nobody seemed to think glory incompatible with personal liberty.
		There was something vague in his ambitious aspirations; and he was, if I may so express myself, fond of building those imaginary edifices called castles in the air.
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	Churl CD Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Churl is just as they advertise: fast and loud.
		Churl is a three-piece punk band from Fairfax, Virginia with humorous undertones.
		Churl's guitar chords are catchy without being poppy, thier drumming is full throttle without being stale.
	www.roughedge.com /cdreviews/c/churl.htm (115 words)

	churl - definition by dict.die.net
		churl n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, Goth, tyke, tike] 2: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge] 3: a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, crank, crosspatch]
		Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls.
		A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood.
	dict.die.net /churl (145 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for churl
		At costly rental, platinum is a churl's best friend.
		Books: History seen by the churl and the underdog; Julian Rathbone specialises in topsy-turvy but evocative historical fictions.
		Daddy's little churls; `Model,' `Fiance' boast stars only a parent could love (maybe).(Arts and Lifestyle)
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	Chapter Chub-faced <i>to</i> Chylific of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood.
		Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
		Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1194/22199/5.html (259 words)

	Mission for Vision - Churl Kurma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Churl Kurma a deaf and dumb 80 years women approached the Hafsat Eye Centre in Birnin Kebbi
		Churl Kurma is from Marinar Kaura Area of Argungu one of the local government under the Kebbi State in Nigeria.
		Churl Mama who had a Pre Operatifve vision ofPL +in both eye recovered well and regained her left eye vision first, which was 20/20.
	www.mission4vision.org /index.asp?PageID=54 (202 words)

	Definition of churl - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	Ceorl: What's in a Word?
		When we hear the word churl today, we think of an oaf or a loathsome person, one who has little education or manners.
		The word is so often used with that connotation that it is tempting to conclude that said connotation was with the word from the beginning.
		The word has come to down us in English ("the language of the Angles") as churl, most likely because the makers of our current spellings wanted to emphasize the h sound and so changed the e to h.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/ancient_british_history/71499 (340 words)

	churl - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Churl : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		CHURL : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
		Words similar to churl: boor, grouch, barbarian, crank, crosspatch, goth, grabber, grump, niggard, peasant, scrooge, skinflint, tike, tyke, miser, oaf, rustic, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=churl (195 words)

	Shan Peninsula 001
		AN of the villages are closely allied with Hel Churl and for the first twenty four days 90% of the male population is away fighting the war at Wu Tze Lee for the army of Hel Churl.
		The players will be able to get their passports stamped at the customs office, which is running on a skeleton staff for the first twenty six days, in any village of more than five thousand people.
		The people who were at Wu Tze Lee fighting think that the leader of Hel Churl, (Hang Bu Fang) has the opal from Wu Tze Lee.
	www.yewenyi.net /tho/S_001.html (322 words)

	The King of Ireland's Son: The Sword of Light and the Unique Tale, with as much of the adventures of Gilly of the ...
		The Churl put on his coat and took his stick in his hand.
		The mummers were dancing before they began the play when the Churl came into the barn.
		Gilly took the money and left the house of the Churl of the Townland of Mischance, and the people and the mummers went to the road with him, and cheered him as he went on his way.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/kis/kis34.htm (993 words)

	churl - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		a niggard; miser: He was a churl in his affections.
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	The Churl
		His job was farming a small piece of land keeping his family alive on the food he produced.
		On top of farming the churl had to put a roof over his head which meant building a hut made of wattle and daub.
		Wattle was made of long, slender hazel branches which were painstakingly woven together to make walls and once these were in place the daub was slapped on to stop the wind howling through.
	www.medievaltravel.co.uk /jobs/churl.html (159 words)

	Churl quotes & quotations
		“He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for others' good, is a poor, frozen churl”
		“The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
		“The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
	en.thinkexist.com /quotes/with/keyword/churl (105 words)

	Anne Mallory Romance Author » Blog Archive » churl
		Anne Mallory Romance Author » Blog Archive » churl
		To put a churl upon a gentleman; to drink malt liquor immediately after having drunk wine.
		This entry was posted on Monday, December 19th, 2005 at 4:00 am and is filed under Word of the Day, Terms for male characters.
	www.annemallory.com /churl.htm (123 words)

	DM: Bitter churl of reality slaps Kornegay flat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Until I returned to Ole Miss this semester, I fancied thoughts of staying in school for as long as possible.
		I had tasted the bitter churl of reality in the 9-to-5 world this summer, and I was anxious to return to the nurturing manna that full-time studentdom provided.
		I wanted to stay in school because I have yet to find the answer to the only question on the big final exam: What are you going to do after college?
	www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/96/9610/961010/961010ED1briefly.html (426 words)

	Am I Right - Song Parodies, Just a Churl
		Cause I'm just a churl, big mean ol me
		I'm just a churl, living like Oscar the grouch
		I'm just a churl, sitting on the couch
	www.amiright.com /parody/90s/nodoubt12.shtml (194 words)

	Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press
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