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▪ I. daggle, v.|ˈdæg(ə)l|
Also 6 daggyll, 6–7 dagle.
[Frequentative of dag v.1 sense 2: associated in its sense-development with dabble and draggle and perhaps with dag v.4]
1. trans. To clog with wet mud; to wet and soil a garment, etc., by trailing it through mud or wet grass.
1530Palsgr. 594/1 You shall daggyll your clothes, vous crotterez voz habillemens. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 566 Daglit in weit richt claggit was his weid. 1611Cotgr., Crotter..to dagle, bedurtie. 1660T. Gouge Chr. Directions xv. (1831) 85 As a long coat is in greater danger to be daggled than a short one. 1825Brockett N.C. Words, Daggle..to bemire.
b. In later use, chiefly said of the effect of wet: To wet by splashing or sprinkling. See dag v.4
1805Scott Last Minstr. i. xxix, The warrior's very plume..Was daggled by the dashing spray. 1862C. M. Yonge C'tess Kate viii. (1880) 81 The pretty soft feather had been daggled in the wet.
2. To drag or trail about (through the mire).
1681Otway Soldier's Fort. v. i, After you have been daggling yourself abroad for prey..you come sneaking hither for a crust, do you? 1822Scott Nigel viii, I have been daggled to and fro the whole day.
3. intr. To walk in a slovenly way (through mud or mire); to drag or trail about. Cf. draggle.
1705Vanbrugh Confed. i. ii, Then, like a dutiful son, you may daggle about with your mother, and sell paint. 1735Pope Prol. Sat. 225, I ne'er..like a puppy daggled through the town To fetch and carry sing-song up and down. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Daggle v. i., to trail in the dirt. 1876Whitby Gloss. s.v. Daggling, ‘Trailing and daggling’, said of a person walking in a shower.
▪ II. † ˈdaggle, n. Obs. rare.
[f. prec. vb.]
A clot or spot of wet mud, as on a daggled garment.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Carpas, daggles of durt, spots of durt. |