wrigglev.

Brit.

/ˈrɪɡl/, U.S.

/ˈrɪɡ(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English wryggle, 1500s–1600s wrigle, 1600s–1800s riggle.

Etymology: < (Middle) Low German wriggeln (Low German dialect also friggeln , vriggeln , = Dutch wriggelen , West Frisian wriggelje , Norwegian vrigla , rigla ), frequentative of wriggen : see wrig v., and compare wiggle v.

1. intransitive. To twist or turn the body about with short writhing movements; to move sinuously; to writhe, squirm, wiggle:

a. Of reptiles, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle

wiggle?c1225

wriggle1495

wraggle?a1513

wrabble1513

sprinklea1522

wrig1599

squirm1691

scrigglea1701

wraxle1746

squiggle1816

wiggle-waggle1827

swiggle1837

scurrifunge1894

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. ix. 758 The adder Alphibena..glydeth and wryggleth [MSS. wigleth, -eþ] wyth wrynkles.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iv^v As whan some serpent..wrigling wreathes his limmes about.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 153 This Torpedo..Doth not as other Fish, that wrench and wriggle, When they be prickt.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster ii. i. C j b How the poore snake wriggles with this suddain warmth.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 43 The Snake..by turning and wriggling laboured..to avoid it.

1821 Q. Rev. 24 490 As clearly as you may see..a serpent wriggle in the grass.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xx. 85 Eels..are used to being skinned. Yet they wriggle a bit.

b. Of things.

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1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 77 The tip of Philomelaas tongue did wriggle to and fro.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Bbj ^v Philomelaes tongue, which being cutte of, wrigled vp and downe a longe season.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxxiii. 227 The severall parts of Insecta being cut asunder, may wriggle and stirre for a while.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 266 The pieces of an eel cut asunder continue to wriggle.

1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus III. v His nose at the same time wriggling with most portentous agitation.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling iii. 65 The float will often bob and wriggle about..before the bite is confirmed.

figurative.1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iv. sig. H2^v [It] makes the spirit of the flesh begin to wriggle in my bloud.

c. Of persons (or animals): To twist, turn, or move uneasily. Also with quasi-obj. to wriggle it, to move with a wriggling motion.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)]

wendOE

throwOE

to-writhec1000

windc1000

wrenchc1050

writhec1300

wrenka1400

wrestle?a1400

chervec1440

wring1470

wrele1513

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wrincha1625

curla1637

twingle1647

twine1666

twirl1706

retort1720

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 47 If sheepe or thy lamb, fall a wrigling with taile.

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C2 I strugled and stragled, and wrigled and wragled.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. iv. sig. L4^v Here she is come. Downe o' your knees, and wriggle .

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 125 The Lambs came under the damms, to riggle and nussle at their dugs.

1733 J. Swift Epist. to Lady 10 Then, apply Alecto's Whip, Till they wriggle, howl, and skip.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 460 On pointed Spears they lift him [sc. an otter] high in Air; Wriggling he hangs.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. i Ethel..wriggling fearfully on the wide window-seat.

1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage vi. 64 He wriggled in his jacket to make a more comfortable fit.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 459 Come on, boys! Wriggle it, girls!

figurative and in extended use.1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 447 The blessed state of them that dye in the Lord, in the meaning of which you wrest and wrigle, like a snake.1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 10 Observe that..when put together they may not wriggle in the least.1825 T. Carlyle Love Lett. (1909) II. 159 Self is a foundation of sand... Fools writhe and wriggle and rebel at this.

a. To move, proceed, or go with a writhing or worming movement. Const. with adverbs, as along, away, in, out, or prepositions, as from, into, through, up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with sinuous or writhing motion

writhec1275

wriggle1602

squirm1759

worm1802

eel1922

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. ii. sig. G3^v These vinegar tart spirits are too pearcing... Finde they a chinke, they'l wriggle in and in.

1630 J. Taylor Jack a Lent in Wks. 117/2 The Eele..would wriggle vp and downe in his muddy habitation.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark ix. 25) Devils run and wriggle into their holes, as worms use to do in time of thunder.

1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. 67 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland Talons fit to hold fast the Live Prey that it wriggle not from them.

1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry II. 375 No lizard wriggles through the brake.

1857 M. Gatty Parables 2nd Ser. 129 The eels wriggled away in the mud.

1891 C. L. Morgan Animal Sketches 235 Wriggling and squirming up a dark geen vertical wall.

figurative and in figurative contexts.1734 Pickle Herring to Faulkner in J. Swift Wks. (1768) XIII. 70 Is it not sufficient to see with what pain and shame he wriggles along.1762 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace Pref. Truth..forbids us to riggle into her sacred presence through by-paths.1846 J. C. Hare Mission of Comforter I. 47 That the Understanding is over-ready to..riggle along the crooked paths of evil.1859 Habits Good Society vii. 246 His words come cautiously and suspiciously wriggling up to you.

b. To flow or run sinuously; to meander.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > meander

foldc1420

meander1613

straya1616

wire1633

wriggle1640

wimple1720

1640 [implied in: J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 48 [Sylvia] came unto the wriggling brook. (at wriggling adj. 3)].

1682 W. Richards Wallography 34 A Rivulet which wrigled along with a crooked current.

1760 H. Walpole Let. 1 Sept. in Corr. (1941) IX. 294 The Trent wriggles through a lovely meadow.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lxxiv Little paths wriggling among the antiquities.

1894 Evans Freeman's Hist. Sicily IV. 388 The southern Himeras, whose salt waters wriggle to and fro in the broad dale.

a. To insinuate oneself into favour, place, etc.; to advance, ‘creep’ or get in by wheedling or ingratiation.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)]

fain?c1225

fawnc1325

to make placebo1340

fagea1382

curryc1400

to curry favela1420

to claw (a person's) toea1500

to curry favour?1518

to be at the school of placebo1554

to play (with) placebo1583

insinuatea1593

wriggle1601

lick1602

sycophantize1605

gnathonize1619

pickthank1621

supparasitate1623

ingratiate1647

slaver1730

toad-eat1766

slaum1787

to eat (any one's) toads1788

toad1802

bootlick1846

toady1861

to suck in1899

smoodge1906

smarm1911

arse-lick1928

bum-suck1930

to suck round1931

ass-lick1937

brown-nose1939

suck-hole1961

weasel1980

wriggle1601

(a)

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2 Now doth he creep and wriggle into acquaintance with all the braue gallants.

1633 J. Shirley Gamester (1637) i. B 3 b The Courtiers make Us cuckolds; marke, we wriggle into their Estates.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 235 By low ignoble Offices..To wriggle into Trust and Grace.

1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 23 Earth's subtil Serpents..Which wriggle into Wealth, or climb Renown.

c1853 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) I. 39 A scheme by which to wriggle into Court favour.

1871 W. H. Dixon Tower III. iv. 29 Lake had crept and wriggled into place and pay.

(b)1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence ii. ii. sig. D4^v This Courtier..perhaps by his place Expects to wriggle further. If he does I shall deceive his hopes.a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) i. i He's the King's Favourite;..we may fear he'l wrigle in Twixt him and us.1691 Satyr against French 9 If they but wriggle in his Lordship's Ear,..they learn to domineer.1789 J. Wolcot Imit. Horace i. xii He..Who, wriggling to the Hanoverian Guards, Kept the poor Prince of Brunswick out.

b. To make use of shuffling or sinuous means; to get out of, escape from, a condition or position by evasion, mean artifice or contrivance.

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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a difficulty

to worm (a person) out of1617

wrigglea1646

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > use devious means

wrigglea1646

windlassa1660

a1646 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) v. 240 This affliction that thou doest so riggle to get out of.

1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 29 Men will wriggle any way to get from under the force of a text.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 223 Certain to..wriggle out of its inevitable results by..dangerous artifices.

1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 315 He wriggled out of his bargain.

1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 114 You are wriggling cunningly out of the position.

a. transitive. To cause to writhe, twist, or bend tortuously; to move or turn writhingly or with quick jerks. Also with adverbs, as aloft, away, down, out, up, or prepositions, as from, into.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (transitive)] > wriggle

wriga1529

wriggle1573

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (reflexive)] > move along by wriggling or writhing

wriggle1573

worm1865

snake1887

weevle1889

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 46 Sheepe wrigling tayle, hath madds without fayle.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 Their tayls..they [sc. two serpents] wrigled.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 97 Wrigling his elbowes and shoulders scornfully from me.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 365 The wretched Patient cannot lie down,..wrigling his body all manner of ways.

1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 45 Make room for the Saucepan by wriggling it on the Coals.

1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 381 If you can conceive a blue-bottle fly wriggling his tail.

1862 C. M. Yonge Countess Kate ii. 24 She wriggled her legs away from that of the chair.

1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xv. 169 He tried to pull and wriggle his trousers-legs down to their normal place.

reflexive.1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 35 These [insects] would..wrigle themselves up to the top of the water again.1739 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 45 With violent squeezing..we riggled ourselves into seats.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. iv. 248 Besenval is painfully wriggling himself out, to the Champ-de-Mars.figurative.1712 Odes of Horace ii. 12/2 Et might easily riggle it self into the place of ut.

b. To bring into a specified state, form, etc., by writhing or twisting. Const. with adverbs, as asunder, off, or prepositions, as into, to. Occasionally reflexive. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (transitive)] > wriggle > bring into a state by

wriggle1678

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (reflexive)] > wriggle

wriggle1857

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 18 With your Fingers and Thumb..wriggle it quite asunder.

1857 W. C. Stewart Pract. Angler (ed. 3) vii. 138 The worm..being free to wriggle itself into any shape.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ix. 488 France has been wrenching and screwing at this Lorraine, wriggling it off bit by bit.

1862 J. L. Motley Let. 26 Feb. in Corr. (1889) II. iii. 65 Slavery is now wriggling itself to death.

a. To introduce, insert, or bring in (something) by wriggling; to insinuate (into something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > indirectly or covertly

shuffle1565

wind?1570

wriggle1599

insinuate1610

slidea1631

slip1688

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate

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ingyre1513

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cog1570

foist1570

wind?1570

obtrudea1575

interject1588

filch?1589

intrude1592

inthrust1605

possess1606

suborna1620

inedge1632

interlopea1641

subintroducteda1641

subintroduce1643

to hedge in1664

insinuate1665

dodge1687

lug1721

assinuate1742

wriggle1766

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intertrude1809

injeer1820

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sniggle1881

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 32 A snaile coulde not wriggle in her hornes betwixt them.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables i. lv. 55 A Slam, Thin-Gutted Fox made a Hard Shift to Wriggle his Body into a Hen-Roost.

1766 Museum Rusticum 6 374 As to the width of the gates,..the men..could..easily incline the roller on one side, and..wriggle it in.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xxvii. 313 Power..is a snake that when it once finds a hole into which it can introduce its head, soon manages to wriggle in the rest of its body.

figurative.1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend i. i I'm afraid..they'll riggle you into some ill-favour'd affair.1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 70 When you have wriggled, in..a new-fashioned long-tailed word.

b. To insinuate or introduce (a person) gradually (into favour, office, etc.), esp. by subtle or shifty means. Also with in. Chiefly reflexive.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance or progress [verb (reflexive)] > raise oneself in rank, power, or prosperity > by insidious methods

wriggle1670

worm1711

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > infuse [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or insinuate > of a person

ingyre1513

thrust1530

wind1548

wreathea1571

insinuate1578

screw1602

foist1603

wimble1605

wriggle1670

worm1711

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 180 He by the means of the Mistriss..wriggles himself into the company of the Duke's Baker.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. ix. 61 By these Arts doth Satan, like a cunning Serpent, wriggle himself into the Affections of Men.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Dec. (1948) I. 113 While he was wriggling himself into my favour.

1754 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 28 Mar. She would have wriggled herself into the best clause in the will.

1766 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 18 July He might have wriggled his brother in [= into office] afterwards.

1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xvi. 150 He wriggled himself into the good opinion of the coachman.

1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. iv. 174 [He] wriggled himself into a peerage.

c. To make (one's way) by sinuous motion. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (way) by writhing or wriggling

worm1822

to writhe one's way1836

swiggle1837

slime1842

wriggle1863

snake1879

1863 W. Phillips Speeches viii. 214 Cunning statesmen who have wriggled their slimy way to wealth.

1891 Cent. Mag. Mar. 649/1 The Pi-Utes..wriggled their way out through the passages in the rocks.

1899 E. Callow Old London Taverns i. 119 Whitebait seem to have wriggled their way higher up the river.

†a. To cut or carve (something) with a wriggly or sinuous pattern; to slash. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)]

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slitc1275

hag1294

ritc1300

chop1362

slash1382

cut and carvea1398

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raise?a1425

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scotch?c1425

ochec1440

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tame1847

bite-

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. iii. sig. I3 A Collar of Brawne, cut downe Beneath the Souse, and wriggled with a knife.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot i. i. 4 Many more..by prowesse of the Captaine Joneses of our times..have been hackt, hew'd, wriggled and utterly confounded.

b. To form in a tortuous or sinuous manner.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > cause to have series of curves [verb (transitive)] > many or winding

crinklec1430

crankle1708

wriggle1760

1760 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 20 June Stanhope..has..wriggled a winding-gravel walk through [the groves].

1896 Voice (N.Y.) 8 Oct. 2 Be content to wriggle pretty patterns on the mud of spoils!

†7. To twist, pervert. Cf. wrest v. 5. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)]

crooka1340

deprave1382

pervertc1390

strainc1449

drawc1450

miswrest?a1475

bewrya1522

wry?1521

to make a Welshman's hose ofa1529

writhea1533

wrest1533

invert1534

wring?1541

depravate1548

rack1548

violent1549

wrench1549

train1551

wreathe1556

throw1558

detorta1575

shuffle1589

wriggle1593

distortc1595

to put, set, place, etc. on the rack1599

twine1600

wire-draw1610

monstrify1617

screw1628

corrupt1630

gloss1638

torture1648

force1662

vex1678

refract1700

warp1717

to put a force upon1729

twist1821

ply1988

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 17 Sinister construction, that wreasteth and wrigleth euery sillable to the worst.

1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 2 Which when it is in writing,..is no more by a disputant indeed to be wrigled and wrested.

Derivatives

wriggled adj.

/ˈrɪɡ(ə)ld/ in wriggled work = wriggle-work n. at wriggle- comb. form .

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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > other decorative metalwork

link-work1530

frost1702

rullion1707

bent iron work1902

wriggled work1906

tole1946

wriggle-work1960

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 100 They haue..a wrigled tayle, and croked tethe like to a Bore.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fringotteries, frets; cranklings, wrigled flourishings, in caruings, &c.

a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. iii. 28 Your hollowed thumb join'd with your wriggled [dice] box.

1899 A. Lang Contemp. Rev. Mar. 403 At each side are two-circled and one-circled specimens with the wriggled line, and two cups and circles with no wriggle.

1906 N. H. Moore Old Pewter i. 22 The tool which makes the wriggled work is of the nature of a chisel.

1955 R. F. Michaelis Antique Pewter ix. 86 English pewter from the best period, i.e. the 17th century,..displays remarkably fine applied decoration..in the form of ‘wriggled-work’ engraving.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wriggle
释义	wrigglen. Brit. /ˈrɪɡl/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡ(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s riggle, 1800s wreckle. Etymology: < wriggle v. Compare Low German wriggel wilfulness. †1. A piece of sophistry; a shift. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [noun] > instance of sophismc1350 fallacea1393 fallation1483 sophisticationa1492 fallax1530 fallacy1532 shift1545 elench1570 collusion1581 goose-trap1610 voidance1621 salvea1628 sophistry1673 wriggle1675 Jesuitism1749 special pleader1867 1675 T. Tully Let. to R. Baxter 14 To think such little wriggles and Evasions will pass for rational Discourse. 2. a. A quick writhing movement or flexion of the body, etc. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > wriggling > an act of wriggle1709 scriggle1832 squirm1839 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 85. ⁋5 They have always a peculiar Spring in their Arms, a Riggle in their Bodies. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 296 Such length as they [sc. animalcules] can throw themselves forward by one wriggle of the tail. 1829 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 220 [The water-shrew] swims very rapidly;..his very nimble wriggle is clearly discernible. 1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. 37 Fishes..assist..their motion with no dorsal riggle. 1899 J. Vincent 1st Bp. Bath & Wells 11 To kill a story that has..got into print, and to leave it dead, and without a wriggle. in extended use.1899 A. Lang in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 403 There the line gives a wriggle, suggesting that the circle was evolved out of a spiral. b. A sinuous or tortuous formation, marking, etc.; a wriggling or meandering course. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) folda1250 windinga1387 wrinkling1387 revolution?a1425 wrinkle1430 crink1567 crank1572 cringle-crangle1573 crinkle1596 crankle1598 crinkle-crankle1598 meander1603 anfractuosity1612 ins and outs1655 sinuationa1676 insinuationa1684 anfractus1719 sinuosity1720 flexuosity1737 evolution1765 cringle1808 wriggle1825 voluminosity1841 squiggle1902 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) > thing having windingc1050 tortuosity1646 vermiculation1670 worm1702 crinkum-crankum1766 wriggle1825 serpentine1885 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 84 Wriggle, any narrow sinuous hole. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. i. 13 The serpentine walks were mere wriggles. 1881 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens ii. §24 A few careful pen-strokes, or wriggles, of your own off-hand writing. 1899 A. Lang Contemp. Rev. Mar. 403 At each side are two-circled and one-circled specimens with the wriggled line, and two cups and circles with no wriggle. c. A turn or sinuosity. rare. ΚΠ 1853 N. Hawthorne Minotaur in Tanglewood Tales At every new zigzag and wriggle of the path. 3. local. The sand-eel or sand-launce. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Ammodytoidei ( sand-lances) > member of genus Ammodytes (sand-eel) sand-eel1307 sandlingc1440 smould1605 lant1620 launce1623 ammodyte1698 sand-launce1776 gibbin1798 wriggle1816 1816 Bingley Useful Knowl. III. 225 Sand-launce, Sand Eel, or Wreckle (Ammodytes tobianus) is a small fish distinguished by its eel-shape. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxiii. 66 We dug wriggles out of the sand. 1885 Field 26 Dec. 895/3 Sand-eels are known..along the Sussex coast as ‘riggles or wriggles’, from their action of burrowing into the sand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wrigglev. Brit. /ˈrɪɡl/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡ(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English wryggle, 1500s–1600s wrigle, 1600s–1800s riggle. Etymology: < (Middle) Low German wriggeln (Low German dialect also friggeln , vriggeln , = Dutch wriggelen , West Frisian wriggelje , Norwegian vrigla , rigla ), frequentative of wriggen : see wrig v., and compare wiggle v. 1. intransitive. To twist or turn the body about with short writhing movements; to move sinuously; to writhe, squirm, wiggle: a. Of reptiles, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle wiggle?c1225 wriggle1495 wraggle?a1513 wrabble1513 sprinklea1522 wrig1599 squirm1691 scrigglea1701 wraxle1746 squiggle1816 wiggle-waggle1827 swiggle1837 scurrifunge1894 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. ix. 758 The adder Alphibena..glydeth and wryggleth [MSS. wigleth, -eþ] wyth wrynkles. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iv^v As whan some serpent..wrigling wreathes his limmes about. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 153 This Torpedo..Doth not as other Fish, that wrench and wriggle, When they be prickt. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster ii. i. C j b How the poore snake wriggles with this suddain warmth. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 43 The Snake..by turning and wriggling laboured..to avoid it. 1821 Q. Rev. 24 490 As clearly as you may see..a serpent wriggle in the grass. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xx. 85 Eels..are used to being skinned. Yet they wriggle a bit. b. Of things. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 77 The tip of Philomelaas tongue did wriggle to and fro. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Bbj ^v Philomelaes tongue, which being cutte of, wrigled vp and downe a longe season. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxxiii. 227 The severall parts of Insecta being cut asunder, may wriggle and stirre for a while. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 266 The pieces of an eel cut asunder continue to wriggle. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus III. v His nose at the same time wriggling with most portentous agitation. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling iii. 65 The float will often bob and wriggle about..before the bite is confirmed. figurative.1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iv. sig. H2^v [It] makes the spirit of the flesh begin to wriggle in my bloud. c. Of persons (or animals): To twist, turn, or move uneasily. Also with quasi-obj. to wriggle it, to move with a wriggling motion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] wendOE throwOE to-writhec1000 windc1000 wrenchc1050 writhec1300 wrenka1400 wrestle?a1400 chervec1440 wring1470 wrele1513 wriggle1573 wrincha1625 curla1637 twingle1647 twine1666 twirl1706 retort1720 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 47 If sheepe or thy lamb, fall a wrigling with taile. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C2 I strugled and stragled, and wrigled and wragled. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. iv. sig. L4^v Here she is come. Downe o' your knees, and wriggle . View more context for this quotation 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 125 The Lambs came under the damms, to riggle and nussle at their dugs. 1733 J. Swift Epist. to Lady 10 Then, apply Alecto's Whip, Till they wriggle, howl, and skip. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 460 On pointed Spears they lift him [sc. an otter] high in Air; Wriggling he hangs. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. i Ethel..wriggling fearfully on the wide window-seat. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage vi. 64 He wriggled in his jacket to make a more comfortable fit. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 459 Come on, boys! Wriggle it, girls! figurative and in extended use.1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 447 The blessed state of them that dye in the Lord, in the meaning of which you wrest and wrigle, like a snake.1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 10 Observe that..when put together they may not wriggle in the least.1825 T. Carlyle Love Lett. (1909) II. 159 Self is a foundation of sand... Fools writhe and wriggle and rebel at this. 2. a. To move, proceed, or go with a writhing or worming movement. Const. with adverbs, as along, away, in, out, or prepositions, as from, into, through, up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with sinuous or writhing motion writhec1275 wriggle1602 squirm1759 worm1802 eel1922 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. ii. sig. G3^v These vinegar tart spirits are too pearcing... Finde they a chinke, they'l wriggle in and in. 1630 J. Taylor Jack a Lent in Wks. 117/2 The Eele..would wriggle vp and downe in his muddy habitation. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark ix. 25) Devils run and wriggle into their holes, as worms use to do in time of thunder. 1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. 67 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland Talons fit to hold fast the Live Prey that it wriggle not from them. 1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry II. 375 No lizard wriggles through the brake. 1857 M. Gatty Parables 2nd Ser. 129 The eels wriggled away in the mud. 1891 C. L. Morgan Animal Sketches 235 Wriggling and squirming up a dark geen vertical wall. figurative and in figurative contexts.1734 Pickle Herring to Faulkner in J. Swift Wks. (1768) XIII. 70 Is it not sufficient to see with what pain and shame he wriggles along.1762 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace Pref. Truth..forbids us to riggle into her sacred presence through by-paths.1846 J. C. Hare Mission of Comforter I. 47 That the Understanding is over-ready to..riggle along the crooked paths of evil.1859 Habits Good Society vii. 246 His words come cautiously and suspiciously wriggling up to you. b. To flow or run sinuously; to meander. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > meander foldc1420 meander1613 straya1616 wire1633 wriggle1640 wimple1720 1640 [implied in: J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 48 [Sylvia] came unto the wriggling brook. (at wriggling adj. 3)]. 1682 W. Richards Wallography 34 A Rivulet which wrigled along with a crooked current. 1760 H. Walpole Let. 1 Sept. in Corr. (1941) IX. 294 The Trent wriggles through a lovely meadow. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lxxiv Little paths wriggling among the antiquities. 1894 Evans Freeman's Hist. Sicily IV. 388 The southern Himeras, whose salt waters wriggle to and fro in the broad dale. 3. a. To insinuate oneself into favour, place, etc.; to advance, ‘creep’ or get in by wheedling or ingratiation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] > get into by wriggle1601 (a) 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2 Now doth he creep and wriggle into acquaintance with all the braue gallants. View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Shirley Gamester (1637) i. B 3 b The Courtiers make Us cuckolds; marke, we wriggle into their Estates. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 235 By low ignoble Offices..To wriggle into Trust and Grace. 1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 23 Earth's subtil Serpents..Which wriggle into Wealth, or climb Renown. c1853 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) I. 39 A scheme by which to wriggle into Court favour. 1871 W. H. Dixon Tower III. iv. 29 Lake had crept and wriggled into place and pay. (b)1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence ii. ii. sig. D4^v This Courtier..perhaps by his place Expects to wriggle further. If he does I shall deceive his hopes.a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) i. i He's the King's Favourite;..we may fear he'l wrigle in Twixt him and us.1691 Satyr against French 9 If they but wriggle in his Lordship's Ear,..they learn to domineer.1789 J. Wolcot Imit. Horace i. xii He..Who, wriggling to the Hanoverian Guards, Kept the poor Prince of Brunswick out. b. To make use of shuffling or sinuous means; to get out of, escape from, a condition or position by evasion, mean artifice or contrivance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a difficulty to worm (a person) out of1617 wrigglea1646 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > use devious means wrigglea1646 windlassa1660 a1646 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) v. 240 This affliction that thou doest so riggle to get out of. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 29 Men will wriggle any way to get from under the force of a text. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 223 Certain to..wriggle out of its inevitable results by..dangerous artifices. 1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 315 He wriggled out of his bargain. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 114 You are wriggling cunningly out of the position. 4. a. transitive. To cause to writhe, twist, or bend tortuously; to move or turn writhingly or with quick jerks. Also with adverbs, as aloft, away, down, out, up, or prepositions, as from, into. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (transitive)] > wriggle wriga1529 wriggle1573 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (reflexive)] > move along by wriggling or writhing wriggle1573 worm1865 snake1887 weevle1889 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 46 Sheepe wrigling tayle, hath madds without fayle. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 Their tayls..they [sc. two serpents] wrigled. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 97 Wrigling his elbowes and shoulders scornfully from me. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 365 The wretched Patient cannot lie down,..wrigling his body all manner of ways. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 45 Make room for the Saucepan by wriggling it on the Coals. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 381 If you can conceive a blue-bottle fly wriggling his tail. 1862 C. M. Yonge Countess Kate ii. 24 She wriggled her legs away from that of the chair. 1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xv. 169 He tried to pull and wriggle his trousers-legs down to their normal place. reflexive.1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 35 These [insects] would..wrigle themselves up to the top of the water again.1739 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 45 With violent squeezing..we riggled ourselves into seats.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. iv. 248 Besenval is painfully wriggling himself out, to the Champ-de-Mars.figurative.1712 Odes of Horace ii. 12/2 Et might easily riggle it self into the place of ut. b. To bring into a specified state, form, etc., by writhing or twisting. Const. with adverbs, as asunder, off, or prepositions, as into, to. Occasionally reflexive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (transitive)] > wriggle > bring into a state by wriggle1678 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (reflexive)] > wriggle wriggle1857 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 18 With your Fingers and Thumb..wriggle it quite asunder. 1857 W. C. Stewart Pract. Angler (ed. 3) vii. 138 The worm..being free to wriggle itself into any shape. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ix. 488 France has been wrenching and screwing at this Lorraine, wriggling it off bit by bit. 1862 J. L. Motley Let. 26 Feb. in Corr. (1889) II. iii. 65 Slavery is now wriggling itself to death. 5. a. To introduce, insert, or bring in (something) by wriggling; to insinuate (into something). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > indirectly or covertly shuffle1565 wind?1570 wriggle1599 insinuate1610 slidea1631 slip1688 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate intruse?a1500 ingyre1513 shuffle1565 cog1570 foist1570 wind?1570 obtrudea1575 interject1588 filch?1589 intrude1592 inthrust1605 possess1606 suborna1620 inedge1632 interlopea1641 subintroducteda1641 subintroduce1643 to hedge in1664 insinuate1665 dodge1687 lug1721 assinuate1742 wriggle1766 fudge1776 intertrude1809 injeer1820 protrude1840 sniggle1881 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 32 A snaile coulde not wriggle in her hornes betwixt them. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables i. lv. 55 A Slam, Thin-Gutted Fox made a Hard Shift to Wriggle his Body into a Hen-Roost. 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 374 As to the width of the gates,..the men..could..easily incline the roller on one side, and..wriggle it in. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xxvii. 313 Power..is a snake that when it once finds a hole into which it can introduce its head, soon manages to wriggle in the rest of its body. figurative.1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend i. i I'm afraid..they'll riggle you into some ill-favour'd affair.1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 70 When you have wriggled, in..a new-fashioned long-tailed word. b. To insinuate or introduce (a person) gradually (into favour, office, etc.), esp. by subtle or shifty means. Also with in. Chiefly reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance or progress [verb (reflexive)] > raise oneself in rank, power, or prosperity > by insidious methods wriggle1670 worm1711 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > infuse [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or insinuate > of a person ingyre1513 thrust1530 wind1548 wreathea1571 insinuate1578 screw1602 foist1603 wimble1605 wriggle1670 worm1711 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 180 He by the means of the Mistriss..wriggles himself into the company of the Duke's Baker. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. ix. 61 By these Arts doth Satan, like a cunning Serpent, wriggle himself into the Affections of Men. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Dec. (1948) I. 113 While he was wriggling himself into my favour. 1754 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 28 Mar. She would have wriggled herself into the best clause in the will. 1766 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 18 July He might have wriggled his brother in [= into office] afterwards. 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xvi. 150 He wriggled himself into the good opinion of the coachman. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. iv. 174 [He] wriggled himself into a peerage. c. To make (one's way) by sinuous motion. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (way) by writhing or wriggling worm1822 to writhe one's way1836 swiggle1837 slime1842 wriggle1863 snake1879 1863 W. Phillips Speeches viii. 214 Cunning statesmen who have wriggled their slimy way to wealth. 1891 Cent. Mag. Mar. 649/1 The Pi-Utes..wriggled their way out through the passages in the rocks. 1899 E. Callow Old London Taverns i. 119 Whitebait seem to have wriggled their way higher up the river. 6. †a. To cut or carve (something) with a wriggly or sinuous pattern; to slash. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] snithec725 carvec1000 cutc1275 slitc1275 hag1294 ritc1300 chop1362 slash1382 cut and carvea1398 flash?a1400 flish?a1400 slenda1400 race?a1425 raise?a1425 razea1425 scotch?c1425 ochec1440 slitec1450 ranch?a1525 scorchc1550 scalp1552 mincea1560 rash?1565 beslash1581 fent1589 engrave1590 nick1592 snip1593 carbonado1596 rescide1598 skice1600 entail1601 chip1609 wriggle1612 insecate1623 carbonate1629 carbonade1634 insecta1652 flick1676 sneg1718 snick1728 slot1747 sneck1817 tame1847 bite- 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. iii. sig. I3 A Collar of Brawne, cut downe Beneath the Souse, and wriggled with a knife. View more context for this quotation 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot i. i. 4 Many more..by prowesse of the Captaine Joneses of our times..have been hackt, hew'd, wriggled and utterly confounded. b. To form in a tortuous or sinuous manner. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > cause to have series of curves [verb (transitive)] > many or winding crinklec1430 crankle1708 wriggle1760 1760 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 20 June Stanhope..has..wriggled a winding-gravel walk through [the groves]. 1896 Voice (N.Y.) 8 Oct. 2 Be content to wriggle pretty patterns on the mud of spoils! †7. To twist, pervert. Cf. wrest v. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)] crooka1340 deprave1382 pervertc1390 strainc1449 drawc1450 miswrest?a1475 bewrya1522 wry?1521 to make a Welshman's hose ofa1529 writhea1533 wrest1533 invert1534 wring?1541 depravate1548 rack1548 violent1549 wrench1549 train1551 wreathe1556 throw1558 detorta1575 shuffle1589 wriggle1593 distortc1595 to put, set, place, etc. on the rack1599 twine1600 wire-draw1610 monstrify1617 screw1628 corrupt1630 gloss1638 torture1648 force1662 vex1678 refract1700 warp1717 to put a force upon1729 twist1821 ply1988 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 17 Sinister construction, that wreasteth and wrigleth euery sillable to the worst. 1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 2 Which when it is in writing,..is no more by a disputant indeed to be wrigled and wrested. Derivatives wriggled adj. /ˈrɪɡ(ə)ld/ in wriggled work = wriggle-work n. at wriggle- comb. form . ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > other decorative metalwork link-work1530 frost1702 rullion1707 bent iron work1902 wriggled work1906 tole1946 wriggle-work1960 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 100 They haue..a wrigled tayle, and croked tethe like to a Bore. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fringotteries, frets; cranklings, wrigled flourishings, in caruings, &c. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. iii. 28 Your hollowed thumb join'd with your wriggled [dice] box. 1899 A. Lang Contemp. Rev. Mar. 403 At each side are two-circled and one-circled specimens with the wriggled line, and two cups and circles with no wriggle. 1906 N. H. Moore Old Pewter i. 22 The tool which makes the wriggled work is of the nature of a chisel. 1955 R. F. Michaelis Antique Pewter ix. 86 English pewter from the best period, i.e. the 17th century,..displays remarkably fine applied decoration..in the form of ‘wriggled-work’ engraving. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : wriggle-comb. form < n.1675v.1495 see also
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