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▪ I. ˈjangling, vbl. n. [f. jangle v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. jangle, in its various senses; now chiefly, wrangling, noisy altercation; dissonant or discordant din of voices, bells, etc.
a1300[see jangle v. 1]. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11604 Þe kyng..þen lifte his hed, When þei hadde þer ianglyng leued. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋332 Ianglynge is whan men speken to muche biforn folk and clappen as a Mille and taken no Kepe what they seye. 1463Paston Lett. II. 133 If ony questions or jangelyng schuld be mad. 1526Tindale 1 Tim. i. 6 From the which thynges some have erde, and have turned vnto vayne iangelynge. 1581[see jangle v. 3]. 1663Pepys Diary 8 June, After dinner my wife and I had a little jangling, in which she did give me the lie. 1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2193/3 Nothing but Lamentations, and the Jangling of Bells for help, is heard. 1713Steele Guardian No. 73 ⁋8 They lose their respect towards us from this jangling of ours. 1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 188 The ring was in confusion by the janglings of betting men. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 459 The harsh jangling of their timbrels. ▪ II. ˈjangling, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That jangles, in various senses of the verb.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. met. ii. 53 (Camb. MS.) The Iangelynge [v.r. Iangland] bryd þat syngeth on the heye braunches. 1382Wyclif Prov. xxi. 19 Betere is to dwelle in desert lond, than with a ianglende womman and wratheful. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 36 in Babees Bk., As Iangelynge as a Iay. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 175 note, A thing proper to iangling sophisters..in their quarrelling exercises. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 55 A jangling noise of words unknown. 1836W. Irving Astoria II. 288 The lord and master has much difficulty in maintaining harmony in his jangling household. 1882W. B. Weeden Soc. Law of Labor 4 Freed from the conditions of this jangling modern time. |