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daggle

[ dag-uhl ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Archaic.
, dag·gled, dag·gling.
  1. to drag or trail through mud, water, etc.; draggle; bemire.


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Other Words From

  • un·daggled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daggle1

1520–30; dag to bemire + -le
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Example Sentences

Daggle, dag′l, v.t. and v.i. to wet or grow wet by dragging on the wet ground.—n.

Mr Daggle's eyes were fixed on the retreating figure of the Ticket; and, after a careful observation of every part of his dress, from the silk hat to the Wellingtons, he shook his head in a desponding manner, and merely said—"Tripe!"

V. be pendent &c. adj.; hang, depend, swing, dangle; swag; daggle†, flap, trail, flow; beetle. suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

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