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▪ I. ruckle, n.1 Sc. and north. dial.|ˈrʌk(ə)l|
[dim. of ruck n.1 Cf. Norw. dial. rukle a small heap of twigs on a hearth.]
A pile or heap; a bundle of sheaves; a stack of peats or the like.
1828Carr Craven Gloss., Ruckle, a great quantity; a heap of stones. 1848Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IX. ii. 507 A piece of rye-grass is pulled out of the top and tied round the head of the ‘ruckle’, as it is called. Ibid. 508 In a dry time it is carted directly from the ‘ruckles’ to the stack. 1867Livingstone in Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. (1868) 180, I am a mere ruckle of bones. c1882J. Lucas Studies in Nidderdale 119 After a time..they pile them [sc. peats] into stacks, which are called ‘ruckles’.
▪ II. ruckle, n.2|ˈrʌk(ə)l|
[dim. of ruck n.2 Cf. Norw. dial. rukla wrinkle, ridge.]
A small ruck or ridge.
1853G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 37 There is a ruckle in the bed-clothes over his breast as if his arms were crossed.
▪ III. ruckle, n.3|ˈrʌk(ə)l|
[Cf. ruckle v.3, and Norw. dial. rukl in the same sense (Aasen).]
A rattling or gurgling noise, esp. in the throat of a dying person; the death-rattle.
1815[see death n. 19]. 1825Jamieson Suppl., Ruckle, a noise in the throat seeming to indicate suffocation. 1905F. W. Bain Draught of the Blue Introd. p. xiii, In the silence, broken only by the ruckle of the rushing water.
▪ IV. ruckle, v.1 Now dial.|ˈrʌk(ə)l|
Also 3 rukelen.
[freq. of ruck v.3]
trans. To pile up, heap together; spec. to form (clover) into a sheaf.
a1225Ancr. R. 214 Al þet he rukeleð & gedereð togedere.., al schal ine helle iwurðen to him tadden & neddren. Ibid. 406 Weop for his sunnen. Þus þu schalt..rukelen on his heaued bearninde gleden.
1800Tuke Agric. North Riding 156 When the crop is large.., a small armful is taken up by the top, which is united by a twist; three of these are placed together... This operation is termed ‘ruckling’. 1833Ridgemont Farm Rep. 143 in Husb. III. (L.U.K.), When the season is precarious for drying the clover hay, the excellent..plan..of ‘ruckling’ is adopted. 1892–in E.D.D. (Yks., Som.).
▪ V. ruckle, v.2|ˈrʌk(ə)l|
[f. ruck v.2 + -le 3.]
1. intr. To work (up) into folds or wrinkles.
1839Lewis Hereford Gloss., To Ruckle, to rumple, to crease. 1853Cayley Las Alforjas I. 4, I..buttoned the straps of my trousers to prevent them ruckling up. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. s.v., The bandage ruckles up so, it must come off.
2. trans. To form, draw together, into folds.
1889Blackw. Mag. Sept. 295 His face is shiny and is ruckled with high ridges and low furrows. 1903Daily Chron. 23 May 8/4 The lace is arranged up on a frame of chiffon ruckled by hand.
▪ VI. ruckle, v.3|ˈrʌk(ə)l|
Also 6 rucle.
[Of Scand. origin: cf. Norw. dial. rukla in the same sense.]
intr. To make a rattling or gurgling sound; to rattle in the throat. Hence ˈruckling ppl. a.
1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 668, I am ane blak Monk, said the ruclande reuin; So said the gled, I am ane holy freir. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Wind, If Water ruckles much, and frequent Bubbles arise, the Storm is but of a short Continuance. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xxxviii, The deep ruckling groans of the patient satisfied every one that she was breathing her last. 1859Out of the Depths 162 Her glassy eyes, her ruckling breath,..told me plainly that she was dying fast. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Ruckle, to breathe with difficulty, like one dying.
▪ VII. † ˈruckle, v.4
[f. ruck v.1]
To crouch.
a1500[see rucking vbl. n. s.v. ruck v.1]. |