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LINGEL, n.2, v.2 Also lingle; linget. [′lɪŋəl]
I. n. 1. A length of rope or cord (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 106; Abd.6 1910; Lth. 1961), made of hair, rushes or plaited flax (Uls.2 1929), specif. one used for fettering or hobbling a horse (Ags. 1808 Jam., linget; Abd. 1961). See Langel.Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 49:
Sawny … sometimes had ae gartan, a lingle or rash-rape was good enough for Sawny.Sc. 1832 A. Henderson Proverbs 129:
It's short while since the sow bore the lingel.Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. iii.:
The horse wis led by the heid wi' a lingle o' hair, about three feet lang. It wis twined very hard wi' the thraw-crook.
2. The hinge or strap of a flail, the huidin (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).Kcb. 1828 W. Nicholson Poems (1897) 77:
Rob's lingle brak as he men't the flail.ne.Sc. 1914 G. Greig Folk-Song xcix.:
The cottar sits contented O'er the lingle o' his flail.
3. Any strap, tag, thong or looped cord (Lth. 1961); one used as a carrier; by extension: a tendril or trailing stem.Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 206:
This ha'f a year yer funny tales I've carried i' my lingle.Abd. 1801 W. Beattie Parings (1873) 4:
[She] soon set on a bleezin' ingle, Syne up afore't she knit a lingle To swing the roast.Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xxv.:
I had my sword dangling by a lingel or tag at my right wrist.Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 57:
The glimmerin' beams o' the settin' sin stoured throwe … the wumplin' lingles o' widdert honeysuckle.
4. Fig. Anything long, long-drawn-out, and consequently flaccid or flabby, a long discourse, a rigmarole, a tall, lanky person (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 106; Cai. 1902 E.D.D.; ne.Sc. 1961).Bnff.6 1929:
The parson gied a lang lingle o' a sermon on Sunda' aboot missions.Kcd. 1957 Mearns Leader (22 March):
I got a glimpse o' a lang lingle o' a chiel.
II. v. 1. To hobble a horse or other animal by tying its legs to prevent it straying (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 106; ne.Sc. 1961); to wind about or tie as with a lingel. Cf. Langel.Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xlvi.:
I never read the ballant aboot the worm lingelt roun' the tree.
2. To unroll, esp. fig. to repeat or declaim a long harangue, to reel off (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 106).
[O.Sc. lynȝell, 1513, linggell, 1595, a cord, Mid.Eng. lingell, harness, strap. An altered form of Langel, with phs. vowel influence from Lingel, n.1, v.1, with which there are similarities of meaning.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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