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▪ I. gaggling, vbl. n.|ˈgæg(ə)lɪŋ|
[f. gaggle v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. gaggle.
c1440Promp. Parv. 184/2 Gagelynge of geese or of ganders, drancitus. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 822/1 Except these geese go from theyr olde flock and giue ouer all theyr olde gagelynge [etc.]. 1548Cranmer Catech. 238 We ought therefore to receaue the Sacrament vnder both kyndes, as Christe commaunded vs. And regarde not the gageling of theim that speake againste the vse of the sacramentes. 1600Holland Livy v. xlvii. (1609) 210 With their gaggling [clangore] and fluttering of their wings, M. Manlius..was awaked. 1654Vilvain Theorem Theol. Supp. 222 Thred bare Arguments, which make Mens ears glow to hear their harsh gaglings. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 15 Logick and Philosophy cannot be uttered by..the hissing and gagling of Geese. 1896J. Skelton Summers & Winters at Balmawhapple I. 168 When the geese pass Mount Taurus they stap their pipes fu' o' gravel to avoid gaggling, and so by silence escape the eagles.
attrib.1689Def. Liberty agst. Tyrants 130 Then must the Geese play the Sentinels, and with their gagling noise, give an Alarm. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 80 Strangers imagine they make only a gaggling noise, like what we are told of the Hottentots, without any articulate sound.
▪ II. gaggling, ppl. a.|ˈgæg(ə)lɪŋ|
[f. gaggle v. + -ing2.]
That gaggles.
1. Of geese: Cackling, gabbling.
1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) 32 Canst thou not at home suffer the gagling geese? 1622Wither Mistr. Philar. Wks. (1633) 590 The gagling Wildgoose and the snow-white Swan. 1713Guardian No. 132 ⁋6 If I have Company they are a parcel of chattering Magpies; if Abroad, I am a gaggling Goose.
2. Of persons, their actions, and attributes: Garrulous, chattering.
1553Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 338 Their gaddinge and gagglinge processions. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. iv. (1593) 80 Is heard the noise Of gagling women's tatling tongues. 1622Rowlands Gd. Newes & Bad Newes 30 A gossip of the gaggling crew Into a humour of contention grew. 1688H. Care King's Right Indulg. Asserted 12 [They] allowed freedom of dispute to the Hereticks, and permitted their Gagling Loquacity. |