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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UNFEEL, adj. Also -feil, -fiel, onfeel. Unpleasant, disagreeable, dirty, filthy; rough, not smooth; uncomfortable (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., Rxb. 1973). Also in Eng. dial. See Feel, adj. [ʌn′fil]Rxb. 1825 Jam.:
Onfeel, . . . implying the idea of coarseness or roughness; as, ‘an onfeel day', ‘onfeel words', etc.Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 147:
An unfeil day is an uncomfortable day.Dmf. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 86:
Toon's towels were unfeel and often unco scrimpit.Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 5, 23:
Ee've the hoose reek's sel wui eer unfeel cutty. . . . This ees an unfeel road, a perfect chaamp o glaar.