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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1843-1895
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TINGLE, v.1, n.1 Sc. usages. [tɪŋl]
I. v. tr. and intr. To (cause to) tinkle, ring or chime lightly (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Abd., em., wm. and s.Sc. 1972).Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie 122:
We might as weel get the town-crier and gaur him tingle his bell.Mry. 1865 W. Tester Poems 112:
An' La, to sooth it, tingled “Linkum Doddy” On his brass head.Clc. 1882 J. Walker Poems 294:
And bells about his skirts shall tingle And incense reek like ony ingle.Rxb. 1895 J. B. Webber Rambles 8:
Bonnet fu's o' stanes tae tingle first the bell.
II. n. A ringing, jingling noise (Abd., Ags., Per. 1972).
[Prob. a freq. form of ting, id., imit., Mid.Eng. tingle, to ring, of a bell, of the ears.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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