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▪ I. † garle, n. Obs. rare—1.
[? Short f. garland.]
A band or streak. (Cf. quot. 1673 in garland n. 6 c.)
1677Lond. Gaz. No. 1239/4 A middle sized Fox Beagle..a white garle about her neck.
▪ II. garle, v. dial.|gɑːl|
[f. garle adj.: see garled.]
(See quots.)
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Garle, to mar butter in the making, by handling in summer with hot hands. This turns it to a curd-like substance with spots and streaks of paler colour, instead of the uniformly smooth consistency and golden hue, which it ought to have. Mod., When woollen clothes, on being washed, take a mottled appearance, they are said by housewives to be garled, or to have garled.
▪ III. garle
obs. form of girl. |