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▪ I. jangle, v.|ˈdʒæŋg(ə)l|
Also 4–6 iangil(l, -el(e, 5 -ille, -ylle, (changel, yangle): see also gangle.
[a. OF. jangler (12th c.), jengler, gengler, in same senses; ulterior origin obscure. (Referred by some to an Old Nether-frankish *jangelôn repr. by MDu. jangelen; but this is improbable.) In senses 3, 5, app. influenced by jingle v.]
I. intr.
†1. To talk excessively or noisily; to chatter, babble, prate; said also of birds. Often applied contemptuously to ordinary speaking. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 27620 O pride es iangling o foly, and namliest of licheri. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4098 Þenne come Saxoyns, men of Angle, Als þey couþe on þer speche iangle. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 676 Thy mynde is lorn, thou ianglest as a Iay. c1475Sqr. lowe Degre 51 The iay iangled them amonge, The larke began that mery songe. c1480Lyt. Childr. Lyt. Bk. 90 in Babees Bk. 22 Aryse up soft & stylle, And iangylle nether with Iak ne Iylle. 1569Bp. Parkhurst Injunctions, Whether there be..any that walk vp and downe, iangling and talking in the tyme of Common praier. 1604T. Wright Passions i. x. 41 In halfe an houre five men will bee wearie with conference..but three women will iangle, and never lacke new subiects to discourse vpon. 1642Rogers Naaman 489 To prate and jangle, play and be merry, and tell tales. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. III. iii. vi. iii. 175 It was usual to hear the two nightingales Jangling and Talking together.
2. To speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, murmur; to contend, dispute, wrangle, squabble. arch.
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 90 Raykes bylyue Ionas toward port Iaph, ay Ianglande for tene Þat he nolde þole, for no-þyng, none of þose pynes. 1382Wyclif Exod. xvii. 2 The which ianglynge aȝens Moyses, seith, Ȝif to us water, that we drynken. c1470Henry Wallace vi. 920 Schyr, we jangill bot in wayne. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) p. li, Some braule and some jangle when they be beastly fed. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. ii. i. 225 Good wits wil be iangling, but gentles agree. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. viii. M.'s Wks. (1851) 194 It is not worth while to jangle about a French word. 1797F. Burney Lett. 3 Apr., Thus they go on, wrangling and jangling. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. i. viii. (1866) 146 They..jangle about..the breadth of a phylactery.
†b. To parley (with a thing or person). Obs.
c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxiii, Jangill not therwith..but smyte [it] oute of thyne herte. a1684Leighton Comm. 1 Pet. iii. 15 It suffers us not to stand to jangle with each trifling grumbling objection.
c. quasi-trans. With out. To go on jangling till it exhausts itself.
1840Carlyle Heroes ii. (1872) 58 Homoiousion, Homoousion, vain logical jangle..may jangle itself out, and go whither and how it likes.
3. To make a discordant or unmusical noise; to sound or ‘jingle’ harshly or discordantly.
1494Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 394 The changelyng of bellis. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 320 The Belles from the Turrettes on highe make a wonderfull ianglyng. 1678Otway Friendship in F. v. i, The Bells shall jangle out of Tune all Day. 1732Mrs. Delany Lett., to Mrs. A. Granville 345, I was placed at the harpsichord, and after jangling a little, Mr. Wesley took his fiddle and played to his daughters' dancing. 1875Manning Mission H. Ghost viii. 214 All its notes jangle in discord.
II. trans.
4. To speak or utter in a noisy, babbling, discordant, or contentious manner.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. iv. 155 Madame, I am ȝowre man. What so my mouth iangleth. 1412–13Hoccleve Ball. to Hen. V, 37 Thogh my conceit be smal, And..my wordes..clappe and iangle foorth, as dooth a iay. 1545Hen. VIII in Hall Chron. (1809) 866 How unreverently that moste precious iuel the worde of God is disputed rimed song and iangeled in every Alehouse. 1597Gerarde Herbal Pref., Anything they shall..either murmure in corners, or iangle in secret. c1709Prior Protogenes & Apelles 6 Ere monkish rhymes Had jangled their fantastic chimes. 1841T. A. Trollope Summ. W. France I. xvii. 284 The bell..is clanging and jangling its last angry summons to tardy passengers. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iii. ix, That..Life-theory which we hear jangled on all hands of us.
5. To cause (a bell, etc.) to give forth a harsh discordant sound; to cause to ring, jingle, or clang inharmoniously.
1604Shakes. Ham. (2nd Qo.) iii. i. 166 Like sweet bells iangled out of time, and harsh. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 189 They jangle all out of tune the sweet Bels of reason and judgement. 1848Clough Amours de Voy. ii. 109 Jangling a sword on the steps, or jogging a musket Slung to the shoulder behind. 1883Ld. R. Gower My Remin. I. vii. 122 Bell-ringers would come..and jangle their changes before an admiring..audience.
†6. To speak angrily to, to scold. Obs. rare.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. li. (1869) 83 What gost thou thus jangelinge me?
†7. To jape. Sc. Obs.
c1470Henry Wallace vi. 150 So said the prest that last janglyt thi wyff.
Hence ˈjangled ppl. a.
1868Farrar Silence & V. ii. (1875) 36 That jangled dissonance in what should be the sweet music of men's lives. 1880Baring-Gould Mehalah xxviii. (1884) 391 The jangled clash of bells. 1886Stevenson Dr. Jekyll viii. 70 A ferocity of accent that testified to his own jangled nerves.
▪ II. jangle, n.|ˈdʒæŋg(ə)l|
[In ME. a. AF. and OF. jangle n. from jangler; in later use immediately from the Eng. vb.]
†1. Idle talk, chatter, jabber; an idle word. Obs.
1340–70Alex. & Dind. 462 But swiche wordus of wise we wilnen to lere, Þere nis no iargoun no iangle ne iuggementis falce. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋576 And he answerde, do manye goode werkes, and spek fewe Iangles.
2. Contention, altercation, bickering.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. i. ii, Then in such a cleere text as this may we know too without further jangle. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 302 Having made the whole business of State their Arminian jangles. 1751Mrs. Delany Lett., to Mrs. Dewes 55 If these jangles were to happen often, it would greatly embitter the pleasure I have in Don.'s company. 1876C. M. Yonge Womankind xviii. 144 This ought to be frankly owned..if for no other reason than to prevent jangles.
3. Discordant sound, ring, or clang.
1795Gifford Mæviad 106 The mad jangle of Matilda's lyre. 1834H. Martineau Farrers iii. 40 The jangle of cans at the stall where hot coffee was sold. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. Prelude 6 And the discordant tones of all existence In sullen jangle are together hurled.
4. Confused and noisy talk; the mingled din of voices. (A kind of blending of senses 1 and 3.)
1839Carlyle Chartism vi. 146 Infinite sorrowful jangle. 1866Cornh. Mag. Nov. 516 The gay jangle went on, and the laughter and music poured out to where Catherine was sitting. 1884Chr. Commw. 23 Oct. 20/3 When the chaff of sputter and jangle of platitude and puerility has been sifted away. |