Verb
ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To expect; reckon; count on.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To take aim.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To make attempt.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To direct one's course.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To aspire; be ambitious.