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▪ I. † ˈrankle, n.1 Obs. rare.
In 4 rancle, 6 Sc. rankel.
[a. OF. rancle (raancle, raoncle) a fester, ulcer, var. drancle, draoncle (see Godef.) = med.L. dranculus and dracunculus, which in form is a dim. of draco dragon: see Skeat Notes Eng. Etym. (1901) s.v.]
A festering sore.
c1380in Rel. Ant. I. 52 The rancle sal abate..the sare sal slake. 14..Stockh. Medical MS. i. 160 in Anglia XVIII. 298 Þanne wyl þis playster al rancles slon. a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 556 With scartes and scores athort his frozen front, In rankels run.
▪ II. ˈrankle, n.2
[f. rankle v.]
A rankling thought or feeling. Also without article, rankling, bitterness.
1795Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. III. 220, I could see it did not please, and left a rankle in his mind. 1913H. Sutcliffe Open Road xviii. 275 She won't get the rankle out of her mind. 1922Blackw. Mag. June 710/2, I had come prepared to find they loved us as much as we loved the Germans—or perhaps the rankle might be unkinder, for we did not lose the war. 1941B. Webb Why does God permit Evil? 117 Suffering ill borne causes rankle in the soul.
▪ III. rankle, v.|ˈræŋk(ə)l|
Forms: 4–5, 7, (9) rancle, 6 rankel(l, -kil(l, -kyll, 6–7 ranckle, 7– -el, 6– rankle; erron. 7 wranckle, 8–9 wrankle.
[a. OF. rancler, raoncler, var. draoncler (Godef.): see rankle n.1]
I. intr.
1. To fester, esp. to a degree that causes pain.
†a. of a wounded or diseased part of the body; also rarely of a person. Obs.
c1320Sir Beues 2832 (MS. A.) Þar þe venim on him felle, His flesch gan ranclen. c1425Orolog. Sapient. v. in Anglia X. 363/5 Þe handes vnweldy bigynnen to rancle. 1486Bk. St. Albans A iij b, It will..maake the legges to rancle. c1592Marlowe Jew of Malta ii. ii, Therewithal their knees would rankle. 1616T. Adams Taming of Tongue Wks. (1629) 153 A Leaper shut vp in a Pesthouse, ranckleth to himselfe, infects not others. 1646J. Temple Irish Rebell. (1746) 206 Her hand grew black and blew, [and] rankled.
b. of a wound, sore, disease, etc. In later use chiefly fig.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xciii. 115 His soores rankeled and..within a shorte space after he dyed. 1553Brende Q. Curtius G vij, The wound..beganne to swele and rancle as the bloud waxed colde. 1642Rogers Naaman 336 Which makes their disease to ranckle in them. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 204 The wound..is but skinned over, and rankles still at the bottom. a1828H. Neele Lit. Rem. (1829) 331 When the heart's wounds Rankle the sorest. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xviii. 49 The king forgave Mowbray..but the sore rankled still.
c. of things.
1746,1768[see rankling ppl. a. a]. 1855Browning Childe Roland xxvi, Now blotches rankling, coloured gray and grim. 1860E. P. Hood in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxxiv. 16 Forms that rankle..contract around themselves loathsomeness and disgust.
†2. To inflict a festering wound; to cause a painful festering. Obs.
1575Turberv. Venerie 207 Their biting is venemous and rancleth sore. 1580Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 266 This vile Dog Loue will so ranckle where he biteth. 1644Bulwer Chirol. 181 Two venemous weapons, and apt to wranckle where they fasten. 1698Dryden æneid iv. 100 Still the fatal Dart Sticks in her side; and ranckles in her Heart.
transf.1584Lyly Sapho ii. iv. 84 Honney ranckleth, when it is eaten for pleasure.
3. a. Of persons: To have a painful feeling; to fret or chafe angrily. rare.
1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 46 With choloricque fretting I dumpt, and ranckled in anguish. 1894Gladstone Odes of Horace iv. iv. 63 Alcides, rankling to be foiled, Saw the lopped limbs grow quick again.
b. Of a bitter or malignant feeling: To have course, or continue in operation, with an effect like that of a festering sore.
1508[see rankled ppl. a.]. 1590[see rankling ppl. a.]. 1789Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 583 The ill humor on account of the Dutch revolution continues to rankle here. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. 263 Animosity had long been rankling between Thebes and Phocis. 1874Dixon Two Queens III. xvii. iii. 265 A bitter feeling rankled in his heart.
c. Of experiences, events, etc.: To continue to cause painful, bitter, or venomous feelings.
1735Bolingbroke Lett. Stud. Hist. ii. (1752) 36 The passages of King Charles the Second's reign might rankle still at the hearts of some men. 1792Anecd. Pitt III. xliv. 195 Such a mode of warfare would rankle in the heart of America. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxi. IV. 584 The mock embassy..was doubtless still rankling in his mind. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. x. 486 The sight of the palace of the English King..rankled in his soul.
4. To change to, pass into, by, or as by, festering.
1741–2Gray Agrip. 74 Sweets of kindness lavishly indulg'd Rankle to gall. 1831Mackintosh Sp. Ho. Comm. Wks. 1846 III. 562 Discontent will rankle into disaffection.
II. trans.
5. a. To cause (flesh, wounds, etc.) to fester; to make painful. Also with up.
1530–77H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture 32 in Babees Bk. (1868) 83 Vyce..dulleth wits, ranckleth flesh. 1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 96 Hee would needes rankle vp againe so old sores. 1640Quarles Enchirid. iii. xxxiv, Hasty words ranckle the wound. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. I. x. 218 He..rankled Richard's shoulder by pulling out the arrow. 1865Sir J. K. James Tasso x. xiv, His wounds were chilled By the night breeze, which rankled them still more.
b. To embitter, envenom (feelings); to cause painful irritation in (a person). Also const. into (quot. 1796). In recent use, chiefly N. Amer.
1606True & Perfect Relat. X x iv, A Prince..more willing to solicite union, then to ranckle hate. 1629Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 365 Which horrid facts did infinitely rankle and fester the affections of all Estates. 1659Milton Hirelings 57 A fierce reformer once, now ranckl'd with a contrary heat. 1711C.M. Lett. to Curat. 79 That not so much as the Difference of a Ceremony from the English might rankle them. 1796Hist. Ned Evans II. 21 Envy..has..rankled his base soul into hatred against you. 1850McCosh Div. Govt. iii. ii. (1874) 396 Whatever rankles the mind—and nothing so much rankles it as an unappeased conscience. 1962E. Lucia Klondike Kate vii. 142 It probably rankled a great many of them just to patronize his theatres. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 31 Oct. 4/1 The demonstrations of glee..which understandably rankled President Nixon. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 19 June 7/2 Rome's unbending attitude towards mixed marriages of Roman Catholics and non-Catholics rankled Anglicans. 1978National Geographic Nov. 627/1 The low sum [of money] rankles many Yakimas, who complain of poor management.
†c. To poison, destroy (one's credit). Obs.
1615T. Adams White Devill 7 His teeth rankle the womans credit. 1633― Exp. 2 Peter ii. 3 Do they never..rankle another's credit with malicious report.
6. To conceive or nourish (a bitter feeling).
1819Metropolis III. 16 His heart rancled hatred in the extreme for the cruel act.
Hence ˈrankled ppl. a.
1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 163 A roust that is sa rankild quhill risis my stomok. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. iii. 36 Then shall the Britons..avenge their ranckled ire. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 464 The rankled wound..was iudged incurable. 1756Home Douglas ii. 28 I've known a follower's rankled bosom breed Venom most fatal. |