higglev.

/ˈhɪɡ(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1700s higle.

Etymology: apparently related to haggle v., with the vowel-modification which often expresses less noisy or lighter action.

1. intransitive. To cavil or dispute as to terms; to stickle; esp. to strive for petty advantages in bargaining; to chaffer. Cf. haggle v. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)]

bargain1525

hucka1529

hucker1548

dodge1568

blockc1570

pelt1579

hack1587

haggle1589

to beat the bargain1591

to beat the market1591

huckster1593

niffera1598

badger1600

scotch1601

palter1611

cheapen1620

higgle1633

tig-tag1643

huckle1644

chaffer1693

chaffer1725

dicker1797

niffer1815

Jew1825

hacker1833

banter1835

higgle-haggle1841

hondle1921

wheel and deal1961

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate

driveOE

treat1297

chaffer1377

broke1496

hucka1529

capitulate1537

hack1587

haggle1589

huckster1593

negotiate1598

to stand out1606

palter1611

to drive a hard bargaina1628

priga1628

scotch1627

prig1632

higgle1633

to dodge it1652

to beat a (the) bargain1664

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 12) 846 Either he higgles with some hollow reservation, or lispeth with some faltring equivocation.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 278 We will not higgle with so frank a chapman for a few months under or over.

1672 T. Shadwell Miser i. 4 He has been higling with a Fellow, above half an hour this morning, about 5 Coney-Skins he sold him.

1804 M. Edgeworth Will iii, in Pop. Tales I, 161 He would not..stand to higgle with me for the price of a horse.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 380 He is a disputant, and higgles over an argument.

a. To carry on the trade of a higgler n. (sense 2); ‘to go selling provisions from door to door’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > practise itinerant selling

hawk1542

aginate1623

peddle1650

higgle1790

travel1937

doorstep1966

1790 [implied in: J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 85 That sort of traffic called higling. (at higgling n. 2)].

b. transitive. To buy and fatten up for the market. local. (Cf. higgler n. 2b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten

masteOE

fatc1386

frankc1440

to set up1540

fatten1552

feed1552

cram1577

engrease1583

to raise in flesh1608

adipate1623

saginate1623

batten1638

to stall to1764

tallow1765

to fat off1789

to make up1794

higglea1825

finish1841

force1847

to feed off1852

steam1947

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten

masteOE

fatc1386

to set up1540

fatten1552

feed1552

forcea1571

cram1577

engrease1583

to raise in flesh1608

saginate1623

to stall to1764

tallow1765

stall-feed1766

graze1787

to fat off1789

to make up1794

higglea1825

finish1841

to feed off1852

steam1947

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) The poor often talk of ‘higgling up a pig’; i.e. buying and fattening it up.

c. (See quot. 1866.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] > speculate or venture

speculate1785

higgle1866

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > risk money in hope of gain

venturec1620

co-adventure1642

speculate1785

higgle1866

1866 G. A. Sala in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. IX. 318/2 When A knowing or hoping that figs will be soon inquired for, buys up all the figs in the market he higgles; but when A keeps a grocer's shop and asks B eightpence for a pound of figs and B offers him sixpence, then B haggles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	higgle
释义	higglen. /ˈhɪɡ(ə)l/ Etymology: < higgle v. The adjusting of prices so that demand and supply are equal. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > adjusting to equal supply or demand higgle1908 1908 Daily Chron. 5 Dec. 4/6 If they were abolished altogether the ‘higgle of the market’ would level freights correspondingly down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). higglev. /ˈhɪɡ(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1700s higle. Etymology: apparently related to haggle v., with the vowel-modification which often expresses less noisy or lighter action. 1. intransitive. To cavil or dispute as to terms; to stickle; esp. to strive for petty advantages in bargaining; to chaffer. Cf. haggle v. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)] bargain1525 hucka1529 hucker1548 dodge1568 blockc1570 pelt1579 hack1587 haggle1589 to beat the bargain1591 to beat the market1591 huckster1593 niffera1598 badger1600 scotch1601 palter1611 cheapen1620 higgle1633 tig-tag1643 huckle1644 chaffer1693 chaffer1725 dicker1797 niffer1815 Jew1825 hacker1833 banter1835 higgle-haggle1841 hondle1921 wheel and deal1961 the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate driveOE treat1297 chaffer1377 broke1496 hucka1529 capitulate1537 hack1587 haggle1589 huckster1593 negotiate1598 to stand out1606 palter1611 to drive a hard bargaina1628 priga1628 scotch1627 prig1632 higgle1633 to dodge it1652 to beat a (the) bargain1664 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 12) 846 Either he higgles with some hollow reservation, or lispeth with some faltring equivocation. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 278 We will not higgle with so frank a chapman for a few months under or over. 1672 T. Shadwell Miser i. 4 He has been higling with a Fellow, above half an hour this morning, about 5 Coney-Skins he sold him. 1804 M. Edgeworth Will iii, in Pop. Tales I, 161 He would not..stand to higgle with me for the price of a horse. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 380 He is a disputant, and higgles over an argument. 2. a. To carry on the trade of a higgler n. (sense 2); ‘to go selling provisions from door to door’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > practise itinerant selling hawk1542 aginate1623 peddle1650 higgle1790 travel1937 doorstep1966 1790 [implied in: J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 85 That sort of traffic called higling. (at higgling n. 2)]. b. transitive. To buy and fatten up for the market. local. (Cf. higgler n. 2b.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 frankc1440 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 adipate1623 saginate1623 batten1638 to stall to1764 tallow1765 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 force1847 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) The poor often talk of ‘higgling up a pig’; i.e. buying and fattening it up. c. (See quot. 1866.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] > speculate or venture speculate1785 higgle1866 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > risk money in hope of gain venturec1620 co-adventure1642 speculate1785 higgle1866 1866 G. A. Sala in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. IX. 318/2 When A knowing or hoping that figs will be soon inquired for, buys up all the figs in the market he higgles; but when A keeps a grocer's shop and asks B eightpence for a pound of figs and B offers him sixpence, then B haggles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1908v.1633
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