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fankle, v. Sc.|ˈfæŋk(ə)l|
[f. fank n.2: see -le.]
trans. To tangle, entangle; to entrammel (a horse, etc.) with a rope; hence, to get fankled: fig. to lose the thread of a discourse (see Jamieson s.v.).
c1450Henryson Lyon & Mons xxxiv. in Evergreen I. 196 Our ryal Lord..now is fast heir fanklet in a Cord. 1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1885 I. 103 My long spurs..never got fankled. |