jeel

1. (Isle of Man) Damage; harm.Examples: "And the gel, you know, as freckened as freckened, Because of coorse she navar reckoned But Misthriss Banks could do the jeel ¹ She was braggin she could, and she'd take and kneel On her bended knees, and she'd cuss — the baste ! […] ¹ Damage."; "An' first an' last upon the flure, an' spinnin' at the wheel, But that strange silence on her still of what had done the jeel."; "The jeel (damage) the govags is doin to the nets is urrov all marcy. page 188, entry "Traa-dy-liooar": An' the wan (one) that's doin all the jeel (damage) is wickad Traa-dy-liooar (Time-enough). (Cushag.)"