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单词 riggle
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rigglen.

Brit. /ˈrɪɡl/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡ(ə)l/, Welsh English /ˈrɪɡː(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s rigall, 1600s riggald, 1600s riggall, 1700s riggal; English regional (western) 1800s riggle (Somerset), 1900s– riggle (Shropshire); Welsh English 1900s– riggel.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rigol n.
Etymology: Variant of rigol n. Compare earlier regal n.2 and also raggle n.2
Now English regional (western) and Welsh English.
1. A groove or long hollow, esp. one cut in wood or stone.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > groove, channel, or cavity
mortisec1390
rabbet1453
rebate1532
scarcement?1553
riggle1555
chamfering1565
mortise hole1585
rebatement1592
chamfer1601
gain1848
score1850
champer1854
blind holes1869
chase1871
1555 in Earl of Hardwicke Misc. State Papers (1778) I. 71 The handle of the same [saw] is kept in a rigall of wood from swerving.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiii. iv. 221 There lyeth foorth farther out a fouresquare beame or spire, made hollow with a direct and streight passage of a narrow riggall or trough.
1639 in J. J. Cartwright Chapters Hist. Yorks. (1872) 339 A great waightie block wth riggalds for those ribbs to shoote in.
1877 F. T. Elworthy Outl. Gram. Dial. W. Somerset 98/2 I rid [= dug] him [sc. the stone] all round more than three feet deep, and there was a riggle..in him; yes there was.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Riggle, a groove cut round some article, as a notch cut round a stick, to make a lash hold on better. The groove on a pulley is a riggle.
1982 B. G. Charles Eng. Dial. S. Pembrokeshire 40/2 Riggel, a groove.
?c1982 S. Hamer Clun Dial. Words 11 Riggle, a long hollow, used mostly of the hollow down the back of a well-fed beast.
2. A ring-like mark. Cf. rigol n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > ring-like mark
riggle1714
1714 London Gaz. No. 5233 A brown Mare in Foal,..two white Riggals round her Ears.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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