fanglementn.
The action of fangling or fashioning; hence, something fashioned or made, an invention, a contrivance.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance
compassinga1300
graithc1375
jetc1380
cautelc1440
quaint?a1450
invention1546
trick1548
frame1558
fashion1562
device1570
conveyance1596
address1598
molition1598
fabric1600
machine1648
fancy1665
art1667
fanglementa1670
convenience1671
conveniency1725
contraption1825
affair1835
rig1845
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. §108 97 He adventur'd to maintain Orthodox Religion against old Corruptions and new Fanglements.
1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1881) xiii. 53 Round-about foreign fanglements.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Vanglement, These here new-farshin vanglements 'bout farmerin' an' that.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2012).
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