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† tanacles, n. pl. Obs. rare—0. Also 6 -akles, 7 -ackels. [app. var. tenacle, ad. L. tenāculum, modified after It. tanaglie pl. pincers, tongs:—L. tenācula.] (See quots.) Hence † tanacle v. Obs. rare—0.
1598Florio, Tanaglie, toongs, pincers, tanakles, mullets. Tanagliare, to torture, to pinch, to tanakle with toongs, pincers or tanakles. 1623Cockeram, Tanackels, Pincers for tortures. 1656Blount Glossogr., Tanacles. 1721Bailey, Tanacles,..Instruments of Torture like Pincers. |