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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TAINGHLE, v., n. Also tanchle. [teŋxl]
I. v. tr. To harass or weary with hard work; intr. to struggle on, toil laboriously.Sc. 1803 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 639:
Cried, “Fare ye weel my gude auld mither, “Lang ha'e we tainghl'd on thegither.”Ags. 1820 A. Balfour Contemplation 264:
What Watty had come frae the pleugh, Sair tainghled, wi' the furs sae teugh.
II. n. A hard struggle, prolonged toil (Abd. 1913, tanchle).
[Orig. uncertain but poss. variant forms of Tinchel, with extended meaning from the notion of pressing hunted animals hard, phs. with influence from Taigle.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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