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† garfangle Obs. rare.
Also 5 garfangyl.
[app. f. gare n.1 + *fangle, deriv. of fang; cf. MDu. gaerfang, OFris. gêrfong (East Fris. gerfonk), MLG. gârfank.]
A fish-spear; also Comb., as garfangle-hook.
c1440Promp. Parv. 186/2 Garfangyl, or elger, anguillaria, anguillare. 1615E. S. Britain's Buss in Arb. Garner III. 642 This Garfangle-hook is an ashen plant six or eight feet long; with an iron hook, like a boat hook, at the end of it. |