Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To entangle; impede; hinder; hence, to fatigue; weary.
- To tarry; delay; loiter; procrastinate.
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Examples
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'He has thrown her out, overboard, his ain dear Annie!'"she hummed;" and his ain dear Annie and her two sisters had to taigle home by theirselves like a string of green geese!
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Ay, man, ye shall taigle many a weary foot, or we get clear!
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On one occasion two irreverent young fellows determined, as they said, to “taigle [176]” the minister.
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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Ay, man, ye shall taigle many a weary foot, or we get clear!
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Annie and her two sisters had to taigle home by theirselves like a string of green geese!
Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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'He has thrown her out, overboard, his ain dear Annie!'"she hummed;" and his ain dear Annie and her two sisters had to taigle home by theirselves like a string of green geese!
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"Oh, all ye that can pray, tell all the Lord's people to try, by mourning and prayer, if ye can taigle him, taigle him especially in Scotland, for we fear, he will depart from it."
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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"Oh, all ye that can pray, tell all the Lord's people to try, by mourning and prayer, if ye can taigle him, taigle him especially in Scotland, for we fear, he will depart from it."
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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“Oh, all ye that can pray, tell all the Lord’s people to try, by mourning and prayer, if ye can taigle him, taigle him especially in Scotland, for we fear, he will depart from it.”
Old Mortality 2004
qms commented on the word taigle
In mornings my juvenile grumbler
Attempts to impede and encumber.
He'll tarry and taigle
And try to finagle
A few more sweet minutes of slumber.
December 17, 2015
bilby commented on the word taigle
*applause*
December 17, 2015
qms commented on the word taigle
Thank you, bilby. I am encouraged.
December 18, 2015