engle

See also: Engle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋɡəl/

Noun

engle (plural engles)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of ingle (“paramour”)
   • 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     What between his Mistress Abroad, and his Engle at Home, high Fare, soft Lodging […]

Verb

engle (third-person singular simple present engles, present participle engling, simple past and past participle engled)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of ingle (“cajole”)

   Synonyms: butter up, inveigle, sweet-talk; see also Thesaurus:coax

   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

     I'll presently go and engle some broker.

References

• “engle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Engel, gleen, glene

Danish

Noun

engle c

1. indefinite plural of engel

Middle English

Noun

engle

1. alternative form of hengel

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈen.ɡle/, [ˈeŋ.ɡle]
• Rhymes: -en.ɡle

Noun

engle

1. dative singular of engel