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单词 brangle
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branglen.1

Etymology: Phonetic variant of branle v.; compare brangle v.1, also brandle v., bransle n., brantle n.
Obsolete.
1. A shake, an impulse, a setting in motion; = French branle, branle n., bransle n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > impulse
drifta1400
swafea1400
impulse1650
brangle1652
drive1685
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 206 Forced, for want of a convenient Agent to give them the due brangle, to lye immobile.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1737) II. ii. xv. 123 Gave it the brangle, hurling it with all their force down the hill.
2. A kind of dance; = French branle, branle n., bransle n., brantle n. (Only Scottish)
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances
brawla1542
branglec1550
caterbrawl1565
bransle1590
branle1674
bocanea1701
cotillion1766
quadrille1773
German cotillion1831
supper quadrille1831
Grandpère1835
galop1837
brantle1846
German1853
lancers1862
grandfather1897
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 52 It vas ane celest recreation to behald ther..braulis, and branglis..vitht mony vthir lycht dancis.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xiii. ix. 107 Upstert troianis, and syne Italianis And gan do doubil brangillis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

branglen.2

Etymology: < brangle v.2: compare French branle.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. A brawl, wrangle, squabble.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of
ganglinga1387
altercation1410
brawla1500
heat1549
wranglea1555
brabble1566
paroxysm1578
wrangling1580
brangle1600
branglement1617
rixation1623
row1746
skimmington1753
mêlée1765
breeze1785
squeal1788
hash1789
rook1808
blow-up1809
blowout1825
scena1826
reerie1832
catfight1854
barney1855
wigs on the green1856
bull and cow1859
scrap1890
slanging match1896
snap1897
up-and-downer1927
brannigan1941
rhubarb1941
bitch fight1949
punch-up1958
shout-up1965
shouting match1970
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. xxxv. 162 i Run desperatly and blindly into a world of brangles and troubles.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 105 I will not press this too much, because it may occasion a Brangle.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 163 The Feuds and Brangles of this Parliament.
1875 Lanc. Gloss. Brangle, a quarrel or squabble.
2. ? A state of confusion, a muddle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder
feery-fary1535
puddle1587
bauchle1600
vertigo1702
whemmel1817
mull1821
mix-up1841
scrimmage1852
embroilment1856
hash-up1860
brangle1865
mucker1867
unplight1876
car wreck1877
mix1882
mess-up1902
stirabout1905
pot mess1914
boorach1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
box1941
Chinese fire drill1943
snafu1943
foul-up1944
screw-up1950
snarl-up1960
tiswas1960
bumble-bath1965
clusterfuck1969
headfuck1983
car crash1992
katogo1994
dumpster fire2008
1865 Morning Star 26 May The bill had got into that unfortunate state which the right hon. gentleman..was in the habit of calling a ‘brangle’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

branglev.1

/ˈbraŋɡ(ə)l/
Etymology: A phonetic variant of branle v., < French branler : compare brandle v.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To shake; to brandish, flourish (a sword, etc.); to wag (the head); to sway to and fro, cause to totter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake
reseeOE
swengea1000
shakeOE
stira1023
rogglea1398
bitaltc1400
rogc1400
shigc1440
warble1510
brangle1513
shatter1533
wap1570
goggle1576
esbrandill1588
concute1599
quakea1616
beshake1664
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ii. 111 The schaft he schuike, and branglis lustely.
a1684 R. Leighton Serm. xxviii. 414 Will the pillars be brangled.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlv. 369 Charmides shook and brangled his Head.
b. figurative. To shake (in mind), cause to waver.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)] > cause doubt
branglea1600
forgive1600
stumble1607
uncertain1614
uncredit1615
disconceita1639
scruple1638
startle1643
stagger1646
unfix1650
inscruple1663
unhinge1719
unconvince1815
unsettle1833
to keep (a person) guessing1896
a1600 Throgmorton in Sir. J. Melvil Mem. (1683) 61 Retaining the hearts of those you have gained already, recovering of those who are brangled.
1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 426 The people were brangled and shaken with contrarie doctrines.
a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) vii. 208 In case it should misgive, it would brangle me terribly.
c. To render uncertain.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > render obscure [verb (transitive)]
cloud1548
denigrate1583
befog1601
brangle1608
diffuse1608
bedim1816
obfusticate1834
fuzz1907
1608 Merry Devil Edm. in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) X. 228 The title [to some land] is so brangled with thy debts.
2. intransitive. To shake, totter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > totter
shake1297
waive1338
wagc1340
falterc1386
waverc1440
branglea1522
totterc1522
wave1538
swerve1573
nod1582
tittera1618
cockle1634
labascate1727
teeter1904
oversway1994
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. x. 119 The tre branglis bostyng to the fall.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vii. 54 Ane croune of gold, hingand & brangland, that it vas lyik to fal doune.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

branglev.2

Forms: Also 1500s Scottish brangill.
Etymology: perhaps a particular use of brangle v.1, influenced in meaning by wrangle v. (14th cent.), and possibly by brabble v., brawl v.1, with which it is nearly synonymous.
Obsolete or archaic.
intransitive. To wrangle, squabble, dispute contentiously.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in noisy or angry manner
flitec900
chidec1000
strivec1290
scold1377
wrangle1377
jangle1382
brawlc1440
bickera1450
to have words1490
altercate1530
jar1550
brangle1553
brabble1568
yed1570
fraple?a1598
barrat1600
warble1600
camp1606
to word it1612
caterwaul1621
cample1628
pickeer1651
spar1698
fratch1714
rafflea1796
row1797
barney1850
dudgeon1859
frabble1885
scrap1895
1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados viii. Prol. 125 That brangillis [(ed. Small) braulis] thus w' thi boist.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 317 Flesh & bloud will brangle, And murmuring Reason with th' almightie wrangle.
1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) lxxxiii. 292 With what Heat..they brangle about the sick-mans bed.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 13 Thus wrangled, brangled, jangled they a month.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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