guddlev.1
Obsolete exc. dialect.† 1. intransitive. To gargle. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > treat specific parts [verb (intransitive)] > gargle
guddle1584
gargle1601
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health i. 6 With the same [sc. cold water]..you may gargarize or guddle in your throte.
2. To guzzle.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (intransitive)] > be gluttonous
gourmanda1450
gormandize1548
belly-cheer1549
gurmander1570
overfeed1589
overeat1590
glutton1602
cram1609
gutc1616
pamper1620
guttle1654
gluttonize1656
engorge1667
stuff1728
guddle1825
to make a pig of oneself1873
guts1903
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 41 Guddle, to drink much and greedily.
1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell 18 'Tis ninnyhammer's work I zay, To graunge an' guddle all tha day, Being gude things be sent 'e.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
guddlev.2
/ˈɡʌd(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈɡəd(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈɡʌd(ə)l/ Scottish.figurative.1893 National Observer 25 Nov. 33/2 He dished M. Constans and ‘guddled’ the Moderates by electioneering addresses hinting at religious toleration.
1. transitive. To catch (fish) with the hands, by groping under the stones or banks of a stream.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch with hands
tickle1707
guddle1818
ginnle1819
tail1872
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 167 I guddle them [sc. fish] in aneath the stanes.
1897 C. M. Campbell Deilie Jock 268 We waded in the burn and guddled some fine trout.
1951 F. S. Chapman Mem. Mountaineer i. i. 10 About this time I learned the art of poaching... I learned to ‘guddle’ trout.
1955 ‘M. Innes’ Man from Sea vi. 66 You and a friend had been guddling Lord Urquhart's trout.
2. intransitive. To grope for fish in this manner.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > catch fish with hands
gropea1616
guddle1881
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 108 We would be plunging down the water like otter-hounds, guddling for the trout under the tree roots and beneath the stones.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxi. 202 Stripped to the waist and groping about or (as they say) guddling for these fish.
1966 J. Caird Perturbing Spirit xix. 204 He went about on his own, guddling in the burns, bird's-nesting.
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ˈguddling n.
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1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 170 ‘So this is what you call gumping?’ ‘Yes, sir, this is gumping, or guddling, ony o' them ye like to ca't’.
1895 Daily News 18 July 5/2 Horrible to say, Mr. Graham gives instructions for tickling trout, otherwise guddling, or gumping.
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