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wriggle-|rɪg(ə)l|
the verb-stem used attrib. in a few combs., in the sense ‘undergoing or characterized by wriggling’, as † wriggle-eye, -tail, etc.; wriggle-work (see quot. 1960); cf. wriggled work.
In quots. 1579, 1620, app. from wriggled tail.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 7 They wont in the wind wagge their wrigle tailes, Perke as Peacock. 1604T. M. Black Bk. E 2 b, Let no yong rigle-eyde Damosell..be left vnassaulted. 1620Middleton Chaste Maid iii. ii, Short riggle-tayle-Comfits, not worth mouthing. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 473 A dance of women.., the usual wriggle and stamp affair. 1960Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 312/2 Wrigglework, a form of engraved decoration on pewter and silver, employing a zig-zag line cut by rocking a gouge from side to side in its progress. Used in conjunction with line engraving at certain periods, principally late in 17th cent. 1975Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 616/2 The flat-lid tankard shows the pewterer's craft at its best. The plain drum..was sometimes decorated with ‘wriggle-work’ designs of symbolic or commemorative significance. 1982‘J. Gash’ Firefly Gadroon v. 62 The plate..was wriggle-work... This was a William III plate, with..a rim decorated by engraved wriggles. |