† dringlev.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive. ‘To waste time in a lazy lingering manner’ (Forby); to linger; to trickle sluggishly.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > slowly
dringlec1680
c1680 E. Hickeringill Wks. (1716) II. 536 Condemn'd to endure the Fatigues of Life to the last dringling Sand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.c1680- to dance to or after a person's pipe, whistle
- to dance to or after pipe, whistle
- to dance upon nothing
- to dare larks
- to dare not quetch
- to dare not so much as quetch
- to darken a person's daylights
- to darken a person's door
- to darken counsel
- to darken daylights
- to dash a person out of countenance
- to dash a person out of countenance conceit
- to dash a person out of countenance courage
- to dash a person'one's brains out
- to dash a person's brains out
- to dash any one's hopes
- to dash hopes
- to dash one in the teeth with
- to dash one in the teeth with something
- to dash out of countenance
- to dash out of countenance conceit
- to dash out of countenance courage
- to dash to pieces
- to dash, break, or tear into flitters
- to dash, break, or tear to flitters