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单词 peggle
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pegglen.

Brit. /ˈpɛɡl/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡ(ə)l/
Forms: 1800s pegall, 1800s pegall, 1800s peggall, 1800s– peggle, 1800s– pigall, 1800s– pigaul.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English pig-haw.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps alteration of pig-haw (compare quot 1893; < pig n.1 + haw n.2), although this is more likely to be a folk etymology.
English regional (southern and midlands). Now rare.
The fruit of the hawthorn; a haw.
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red haw1717
thornberry1766
peggle1826
pixie-pear1865
1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1598 ‘Haws’..in the west are called pegalls or pigalls.
1854 Househ. Words 7 Oct. 173/1 He landed clear on the lower side of the pit, right away among some peggall bushes (whitethorn) that grow'd at the edge.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life xi. 223 Pigeons feed on the peggles which cover the great hawthorn bush so thickly as to give it a reddish tint.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 116 Pig-all, Pig-haw, Fruit of the hawthorn. Peggles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pegglev.

Brit. /ˈpɛɡl/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡ(ə)l/
Forms: 1800s– pedgel, 1800s– peggle.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: peckle v.2
Etymology: Variant of peckle v.2
English regional (midlands). Now rare.
intransitive and transitive. To peck, continue pecking; (also) to gnaw.
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beak?c1225
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joba1500
neba1819
peggle1854
stock1893
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 102 Peggle at, to gnaw at any hard substance.
1868 Aunt Judy's Mag. Aug. 241 Thrush..comes to dig and peggle away at the plums.
a1903 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 459/1 The corn is so pedgelled by the birds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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