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▪ I. ˈrangle, n. rare.
[Of obscure origin.]
Small stones or gravel given to hawks, usually to improve their digestion.
1678in Phillips (ed. 4). 1852R. F. Burton Falconry Valley Indus vii. 75 The Bazdar gives his falcons bits of rangle the size of a pea in order to prevent their laying eggs.
▪ II. † ˈrangle, v. Obs.
[Of obscure origin; cf. ramble. Mod. S.W. dial. has rangle to twine, of climbing plants.]
intr. To rove, wander, stray.
1567Turberv. Epit. etc. 15 Such as..neuer rangle farre abroade against the keepers will. 1575― Faulconrie 23 These Eagles..doe roue and rangle abroade. 1591Harrington Ariosto xix. lvi, They scaped best that here and thither rangled.
Hence † ˈrangler, a rover; † ˈrangling vbl. n.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 9 No inwarde Eagle but a fugitive and a rangler. 1594Willobie Avisa (1880) 138 The rangling rage that held from home Vlisses all too long.
▪ III. rangle
obs. form of wrangle. |