Obs. [Combination of EVERY and DEAL.]
1. as sb. Every part, the whole, every point in particular.
1297. R. Glouc. (1724), 35. For my god heo louede me, & now he habbeþ euery del.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 78. A message … Teld William eueridele of Malcolme robberie.
1413. Lydg., Pilgr. Sowle, IV. xxxvi. (1483), 83. The feete ben the bases that beren euerydele.
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), I. xx. 54/2. As they saye one holy prayer may change euery dele.
1531. Elyot, Gov., I. xx. 80 b. The straunge kynge … vnderstode euery dele of the mater.
b. subjoined to a sb. or sb. pron.; emphasizing the totality of the object: Every whit, every part (of it); shading off into the advb. use 2.
c. 1220. Bestiary, 345. Forwerpen pride euril[c] del, so hert doð hise hornes.
1297. R. Glouc. (1724), 408. An quoynte tour hii lete make eueryldel of tre.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., II. i. 31. She þat ȝit couereþ hir and wympleþ hir to oþer folk, haþ showed hir euerydel to þe.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 102/1. Thenne saynt Iohn toke the cuppe … and dranke it of euerydele.
1560. School-ho. Women, 787, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 135. Thy beasts, thy goods and thy children all Be dead and brent now euery deale.
2. as adv. In every part, in every respect; entirely, wholly.
c. 1375. Lay Folks Mass-bk. (MS. B.), 526. Make my loue, both day & nyght sykerly sett euerilk dele.
c. 1400. Sowdone Bab., 314. I have aspied everydele Howe thai shalle alle be betrayede.
c. 1475. Partenay, 914. Ther coursers loged … Insyde tentes ful fair eueridel.
1597. Bp. Hall, Sat., III. vii. 49 (1602), 62. If that semblance suite not euerie deale.
1714. Gay, Sheph. Week, V. 79. There ev’ry deale my Heart by Love was gain’d.
