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▪ I. † ˈwraggle, v.1 Obs. rare.
In 3 wragel-, 6 Sc. wraggil, wraigle, 7 wragle.
[See wrag v. and -le, and cf. WFris. wraggelje to waddle, LG. dial. wraggeln to wiggle, to wriggle.]
1. intr. To struggle or strive; to resist. Hence ˈwraggling vbl. n.
a1225Ancr. R. 374 Þe oðer bitternesse is bitternesse in wrastlunge, & in wragelunge aȝean uondunges. Ibid., For þe ȝet [sic] fondunges, þet beoð þe deofles swenges, waggeð oðer hwules, & [heo] moten wresten aȝean mid stronge wragelunge.
2. To wriggle. Hence ˈwraggling ppl. a.
1508Dunbar Flyting 195 Wan wraiglane [Maitl. wraggil⁓land] wasp! 1602Middleton Blurt, Master Constable C 2, I strugled and stragled, and wrigled and wragled.
▪ II. ˈwraggle, v.2
(See quot. and cf. raggle v.)
1875Gillies in Trans. N.Z. Inst. (1876) VIII. 246, I could make out two or three holes..where the silk lining..was raised and wraggled. |