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† ˈshagling, a. Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin. ? Cf. shackling ppl. a. and shag n.1]
a. A designation at Oxford for persons permitted to lecture, but having no official status; also for the lectures given by them.
b. Used (? through misapprehension) by Davies for: Feeble, ineffective.
1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 18 Lynacre..was incorporated Doctor of Physick in this University read a shagling Lecture in that faculty [etc.]. Ibid. 90 Robert Warde..became a shagling Lecturer in Philosophy before the University in the publick Schools. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 245 Yet 'tis from the same confus'd and confounding Magazine of artful Sandius, that our Modern Arians borrow all their Shagling Weapons and Sophistical Quivers. Ibid. III. Diss. Author Lat. Drama 27 That University..permitted him to read a shagling Lecture in that Faculty. |