pigglen.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡl/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡ(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: piggle v.

Etymology: < piggle v.

English regional. rare.

A long-handled, many-pronged hook for digging or mixing.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Piggle,..a many-pronged hook, with a handle like that of a hoe, used in digging potatoes, and in mixing various materials, as clay, mortar, compost, etc.

1922 C. Sidgwick Victorian xxxvii. 278 Impident toad! Comes up to me and sez we aren't agoin' to build this hedge with a foundation! Oh! aren't we? sez I. You get to yer work, my lad, and do a bit with that piggle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pigglev.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡl/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡ(ə)l/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: niggle v.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps alteration of niggle v.², or perhaps compare piddle v. and pickle v.¹

English regional (chiefly eastern) and U.S.

1. transitive. To fiddle or toy with; to niggle or worry at. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle > fuss or make a fuss

nytelc1400

to make a matter1549

to keep a coil1568

squatter1593

fiddle-faddle1633

to play hell (with)1750

fuss1792

to play hell and Tommy1825

piggle1836

palavera1840

to make a time1844

friggle1848

fussify1868

to make a production of (or out of)1941

1809 European Mag. Dec. 421/1 No prince more unhappy in his priests than King Henry (whose unhappiness it was, that all the piggle, prevarication, and imposture of his time was in the pulpit).]

1836 [implied in: J. Baillie Alienated Manor i. ii. 146 Very well: what is it, I say, but de piggling, niggling driblets of virtue? (at piggling adj.)].

1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 163 Piggle, to be nice with one's food, turning it over like a pig.

1899 D. Belasco Naughty Anthony ii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XVIII. 291 Get up yourself, and shut up, too! You have piggled me enough, you old smooty-snoot!

1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo iii. 40 I can't piggle with those draughtsmen dodges.

2001 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Dec. b1 Sweanor said the state has ‘niggled and piggled away’ at the plan they developed.

2. transitive. literal. To uproot; to pick or scrape at, esp. with a pointed instrument or with the fingers. Also with off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle idly or restlessly

finger1546

to toy with ——1576

paddlea1616

nibble1676

twiddle1676

trifle1818

to pick at ——1841

to play off and on with1845

piggle1847

to twiddle with or at1847

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up

louka1000

morec1325

roota1387

unroot?a1425

stubc1450

roota1500

rid?1529

root-walt?1530

subplant1547

supplant1549

root?1550

grub1558

eradicate1564

to stump up1599

deracinate1609

uproot1695

aberuncate1731

eracinate1739

rootle1795

disroot1800

piggle1847

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Piggle, to root up potatoes with the hand.

1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 107/1 Piggle.., to pick out with a pointed instrument.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 212 ‘Piggling off a corn’ is a well-known surgical operation.

1976 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! I. 59 Piggle, to work away at something with the fingers. A certain spreader of acne.

1986 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Mar. 12 I don't know what's in this jar—somebody's piggled the label off.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piggle
释义	pigglen. Brit. /ˈpɪɡl/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡ(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: piggle v. Etymology: < piggle v. English regional. rare. A long-handled, many-pronged hook for digging or mixing. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Piggle,..a many-pronged hook, with a handle like that of a hoe, used in digging potatoes, and in mixing various materials, as clay, mortar, compost, etc. 1922 C. Sidgwick Victorian xxxvii. 278 Impident toad! Comes up to me and sez we aren't agoin' to build this hedge with a foundation! Oh! aren't we? sez I. You get to yer work, my lad, and do a bit with that piggle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pigglev. Brit. /ˈpɪɡl/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡ(ə)l/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: niggle v.² Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps alteration of niggle v.², or perhaps compare piddle v. and pickle v.¹ English regional (chiefly eastern) and U.S. 1. transitive. To fiddle or toy with; to niggle or worry at. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle > fuss or make a fuss nytelc1400 to make a matter1549 to keep a coil1568 squatter1593 fiddle-faddle1633 to play hell (with)1750 fuss1792 to play hell and Tommy1825 piggle1836 palavera1840 to make a time1844 to make a time1844 friggle1848 fussify1868 to make a production of (or out of)1941 1809 European Mag. Dec. 421/1 No prince more unhappy in his priests than King Henry (whose unhappiness it was, that all the piggle, prevarication, and imposture of his time was in the pulpit).] 1836 [implied in: J. Baillie Alienated Manor i. ii. 146 Very well: what is it, I say, but de piggling, niggling driblets of virtue? (at piggling adj.)]. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 163 Piggle, to be nice with one's food, turning it over like a pig. 1899 D. Belasco Naughty Anthony ii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XVIII. 291 Get up yourself, and shut up, too! You have piggled me enough, you old smooty-snoot! 1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo iii. 40 I can't piggle with those draughtsmen dodges. 2001 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Dec. b1 Sweanor said the state has ‘niggled and piggled away’ at the plan they developed. 2. transitive. literal. To uproot; to pick or scrape at, esp. with a pointed instrument or with the fingers. Also with off. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle idly or restlessly finger1546 to toy with ——1576 paddlea1616 nibble1676 twiddle1676 trifle1818 to pick at ——1841 to play off and on with1845 piggle1847 to twiddle with or at1847 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up louka1000 morec1325 roota1387 unroot?a1425 stubc1450 roota1500 rid?1529 root-walt?1530 subplant1547 supplant1549 root?1550 grub1558 eradicate1564 to stump up1599 deracinate1609 uproot1695 aberuncate1731 eracinate1739 rootle1795 disroot1800 piggle1847 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Piggle, to root up potatoes with the hand. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 107/1 Piggle.., to pick out with a pointed instrument. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 212 ‘Piggling off a corn’ is a well-known surgical operation. 1976 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! I. 59 Piggle, to work away at something with the fingers. A certain spreader of acne. 1986 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Mar. 12 I don't know what's in this jar—somebody's piggled the label off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890v.1836
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