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taigle, v. Sc.|ˈteɪg(ə)l|
Also 7 teagle.
[app. mod.Sc. form of ME. tagil, tagyl, tagle, q.v.]
1. trans. To entangle, impede, or hinder in course or action; to keep back, retard, detain, delay.
[c1340: see tagle.]
1635Dickson Writings (1845) I. 194 He..forgot all things which might teagle him in the way. Ibid., Forget things past that would teagle us. 1684Peden in Life & Prophecies (1868) 56 Tell all the Lords people to try by mourning and prayer to teagle Him. 1895Fraser Whaups ii. 23 Others cunningly stretched out their legs to taigle the wrathful dominie. 1895Crockett Men of Moss-Hags 64 Ye hae taigled us overly long already.
2. To ‘catch’ or entangle in talk; to embarrass.
1865in Beeton's Bk. Anecd. 24 Two graceless young fellows who had determined, as they said, to taigle their minister.
3. intr. To linger, tarry, delay; to dally, loiter.
17..Laird o Ochiltree Wawis ix. in Child Ballads vii. ccxvii. 196/1 Kind maister, ye've taiglit lang. 1823Galt R. Gilhaize xxvi. (E.D.D.), Robin Brown taigled more than two hours for me. 1895Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xi. 87 ‘Make haste’, they said, ‘we haena time to taigle wi' ye’.
4. intr. To walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge.
1886Stevenson Kidnapped xviii, Ay, man, ye shall taigle many a weary foot, or we get clear! 1893― Catriona vii. 74 A man that comes taigling after a Macgregor's daughter. Ibid. xix. 223 Her two sisters had to taigle home by theirselves. |