daggle

English

Etymology

From dag +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæɡəl/

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Verb

daggle (third-person singular simple present daggles, present participle daggling, simple past and past participle daggled)

1. (intransitive) To drag or trail through water, mud, or slush

   Synonym: draggle

   • 1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 218–221:

     I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]

   • December 19 1863, Once a Week‎^[1]:

     There is a damp air of decay about them, and you get the impression that if you looked closely you would see the cobwebs hanging from their coat-elbows, or forming a fringe from their daggling dress.

2. (transitive) To trail, so as to make wet or muddy.
   • 1805, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:

     The warrior's very plume, I say, / Was daggled by the dashing spray.

3. to dangle or wag

Derived terms

• bedaggle
• daggle-tailed

 

References

• “daggle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lagged