spranglen.
/ˈspraŋɡ(ə)l/ U.S.
A branching rootlet; a ramification, a sprawl.
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the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] > rootlet, fibre, or subsidiary root
string1398
by-root1578
fillet1601
taw1615
tapon1641
fibre1656
fang1664
fibril1664
rootlinga1706
lateral root1724
rootlet1783
radicle1793
radicel1819
viver1877
branch-root1884
sprangle1896
thong1927
the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > that which > in a straggling manner
sprawl1827
sprangle1896
the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [noun] > ramification > a ramified thing or system
veinage1840
sprangle1896
1896 Advance (Chicago) 21 May 738/1 Skepticism has its roots and spreads its feeding sprangles chiefly in the affections and the will.
1898 Advance (Chicago) 19 May 662/1 This [Philippine] archipelago lies upon the map a great sprangle of intermingled land and water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
spranglev.1
/ˈspraŋɡ(ə)l/ Now dialect and U.S.
1. intransitive. Of persons or animals: To struggle; to spread out the limbs, to sprawl.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about > of persons or animals > lie struggling
sprawlc1000
sprantle1390
sprangle14..
spraddle1632
spartle1710
grabble1736
spurl1821
sprottle1829
14.. Sir Beues (MS. O) 3878 Good game had Sabere to sene, How they lay spranglynge on the grene.
1566 J. Partridge Worthie Hystorie Plasidas (Roxb.) 105 There he layde his sprangling corps, almost deuoyde of breath.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Sprangle, to struggle; including the idea of making a spring to get away.
2. To straggle; to spread out in branches or ramifications.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > be spread out > in a straggling or awkward manner
sprawl1745
splay1848
sprangle1881
1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. (E.D.S.) 98 A lot o' gret spranggelin' cabbage.
1882 Cornhill Mag. May 580 Over its fence sprangles a squash-vine in ungainly joy.
1896 N. York Weekly Witness 18 Nov. 3/3 The Mississippi sprangles as it nears the Gulf, as the great volume of water empties through three outlets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
† spranglev.2
Obsolete.
intransitive. = sprankle v.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter
twinklec888
shimc950
blika1000
glisec1000
glistenc1000
glista1225
glore13..
sparkc1300
glisterc1380
sparklec1386
spranklea1387
glittera1400
sprinklea1400
blikenc1400
glaster1447
springlec1460
sprangle1495
brandish1552
pink1589
scintillate1623
simper1633
twink1637
spangle1639
scintill1681
scintillize1694
prinkle1724
skinkle1765
winkle1791
coruscate1807
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. lxiv. 279 In theym that haue the Lepra..the syght spranglyth.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. lxiv. 279 Theyr eyen ben more spranglynge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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