pinglen.1
/ˈpɪŋɡ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡ(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈpɪŋ(ɡ)(ə)l/ Now Scottish.† 1. A fierce contest or fight; contention, open disagreement. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of
flitec1000
strifea1225
wara1300
pulla1400
lakec1420
contenta1450
stour?c1450
contentiona1500
pingle1543
agony1555
feudc1565
combat1567
skirmish1576
grapple1604
counter-scuffle1628
scuffle1641
agon1649
tug1660
tug of war1677
risse1684
struggle1692
palaver1707
hash1789
warsle1792
scrabble1794
set-to1794
go1823
bucklea1849
wrestle1850
tussle1857
head-to-head1884
scrum1905
battleground1931
shoot-out1953
mud-wrestle1986
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition
match1531
goala1555
vie1568
skirmish1576
rencounter1594
drop-vie1598
duellism1602
duello1606
bout1609
duel1613
competition1618
matcha1637
tournament1638
contest1648
rencontre1667
pingle?1719
sprawla1813
go1823
bet1843
bucklea1849
comp1929
cook-off1936
title race1948
1543 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 237 (note) [They made at each other, so that] with long pyngle with dagger [Somerset was slain].
a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 48 Thaireftir we sall neuer haue pingill [Trans. pingle] in this caus.
?1719 W. Hamilton in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 2 'Twad be a Pingle Whilk o' you three wa'd gar Words sound And best to gingle.
1768 A. Ross Wks. (1938) 176 Mony a pingel fell atweesh the twa, An, aft young master's back did Kenneth cla'.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 153 Papists and faes in dreidfu' pingle.
1846 Drummond's Muckomachy 51 It winna stand, Till haill Scotland Be fir'd and fury'd with this pingle.
2. A struggle with adversity; (an instance of) strenuous exertion. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun]
hightOE
workOE
business1340
afforcinga1398
enforce1487
effort1490
contention1583
heave and shove1600
luctation1651
struggle1706
pingle1728
exertion1777
bother1823
brainstorming1839
beef1851
go-go-go1934
1728 A. Ramsay To R. Yarde 9 Skelping o'er frozen hags with pingle.
1794 Har'st Rig lxx. 24 He's in a pingle.
1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 156 Health to your little cheerfu' Sproot; Soun' sleep, an' little pingle.
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xxxiii. 16 Nae mighty man [is] redd by his mighty pingle.
1912 Scotsman 4 Jan. 6/6 It's a pingle fae mornin' till nicht, and little for't.
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pinglen.2
/ˈpɪŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡ(ə)l/ Now English regional (northern and midlands) rare.
A small enclosed piece of land; a paddock, a close.Frequently attested in field names.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > small field or enclosure
parrockeOE
croft969
pightlec1200
curtilagec1330
gartha1340
toftc1440
pingle1546
lot1789
log-paddock1900
1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1894) I. 154 Roger Blythe for one pyngle with..a gate thrugh the same.
1573 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 154 Nicholas Dalton to wharffe cope & amende the pingle.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 275 The Academie, a little pingle or plot of ground,..was the habitation of Plato, Xenocrates, and Polemon.
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 37 A Pingle, a small croft or Picle.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Pingle, a small craft or pycle.
a1864 J. Clare MS Poems (E.D.D.) Meadow and close, and pingle: where suns cling And shine on earliest flowers.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 175 The pingle is generally land of choice quality.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 8 In Derbyshire, a pingle is the bit of a common that is fenced off to keep the pigs in.
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pinglen.3
/ˈpɪŋɡ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡ(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈpɪŋ(ɡ)(ə)l/ Scottish.
More fully pingle-pan. A small metal pan or shallow cooking pot, usually having a long handle; a saucepan.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pan > small pan
prig1511
cockle pan1563
petty-pan1714
goblet1739
pingle1789
patella1851
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 6 The pingle-pan Is on the ingle set.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 429 You want a pingle, lassie [note, A small tin-made goblet, used in Scotland for preparing children's food].
1896 A. J. Armstrong Cobbler o' Kirkiebrae xxxii. 317 The ‘pingle’ had to be brought out, and the kettle set on the hob.
1934 A. P. Wilson Till 'Bus Comes 17 I'll awa' and het some water in the pingle.
1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. 32 Pingle, pingly pan, a small pan.
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pinglev.
/ˈpɪŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡ(ə)l/ Now British regional.
I. Senses connoting effort.† 2. Chiefly Scottish.
1. intransitive. Scottish. To exert oneself, work hard or laboriously; to struggle, esp. against adversity; to toil for a living. Also transitive with infinitive.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > toil
sweatc897
swingc1000
swinkOE
travailc1275
carka1350
tavec1350
to-swinkc1386
labourc1390
byswenke?a1400
tevelc1400
toilc1400
pingle1511
carp1522
moilc1529
turmoil1548
mucker1566
tug1619
tuggle1650
fatigue1695
hammer1755
fag1772
bullock1888
slog1888
to sweat one's guts out1890
schlep1937
slug1943
1511 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XXIII. f. 84 The said Lard of Cunyngham grantit that sen euir the Lardis of Rowallane wes thai war pingillan at it.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. v. 14 Beselie our folkis gan to pingill and strife.
a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Passion ix, in Sel. Wks. (1844) II. 109 To get that spirit to pingle out, and get the victory against this canker in the heart.
1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 66 She'll hae to pingle through the hard.
1885 W. Wilson Echoes 172 To pingle a' nicht at her odds and her ends!
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 235 Pingle, to work industriously amid difficulties. Often ti pingle on.
1964 Norden Lichts 9 A ting o lass shö sat—hit micht a been, Penglin apon a peerie sheddin hap.
1989 W. N. Herbert in Chapman 55–6 93 An Eh maun pingil wi thi gress An hunt ut fur ma dennir Snittlin oot thi bittir ruit That sings Eh am nae sinnir.
a. intransitive. To strive, contend, vie; to quarrel. Also transitive with infinitive. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]
winc888
fightc900
flitec900
wraxlec1000
wrestlea1200
cockc1225
conteckc1290
strivec1290
struta1300
topc1305
to have, hold, make, take strifec1374
stightlea1375
debatec1386
batea1400
strugglec1412
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ruffle1440
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warslea1500
pingle?a1513
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repugn1529
scruggle1530
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tuga1550
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threap1572
yoke1581
bustle1585
bandy1594
tilt1595
combat1597
to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597
mutiny1597
militate1598
combatizec1600
scuffle1601
to run (or ride) a-tilt1608
wage1608
contesta1618
stickle1625
conflict1628
stickle1647
dispute1656
fence1665
contrast1672
scramble1696
to battle it1715
rug1832
grabble1835
buffet1839
tussle1862
pickeer1892
passage1895
tangle1928
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete or rival [verb (intransitive)]
envyc1369
to try (also play, prove, etc.) masteriesa1393
strive?c1450
pingle?a1513
marrow1567
corrive1586
contend1589
tilt1589
to drop vie(s)1599
to prove conclusions1601
to try (a) conclusion1601
rival1608
wage1608
campa1614
vie1615
buzzle1638
side1641
rival1656
urge1691
compete1796
rivalize1800
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 204 Bettir thow ganis to leid ane doig to skomer..than with thy maister pingill.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. iv. 14 To se the hewis on ather hand is wondir, For hicht that semis pingill with the hevin.
1578 T. Churchyard Lamentable & Pitifull Descr. Wofull Warres Flaunders 43 Many daies and seasons we pingled and struggled with the Spaniardes for breade and other cates.
?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 27 They stood long out pingling with God.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 36 How brithers pingled at their brochan, And made a din.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 350 They pingle meikle on his side to play.
b. transitive. To compete fiercely with; to vie with, rival. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > press hard in competition
pinglea1522
run1795
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iv. 122 Quhan finally to pursew he adrest, And pinglis hir [sc. the ship] onto the vtirmest.
c1587 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xv. 14 I pingle thame all perfytlie in that parte [sc. poverty].
a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xliv. 12 Let Mercure language to me len,..To pingill Apelles pynsell with my pen.
3. transitive (in passive). Scottish. To be hard-pressed; to be troubled, worried, or oppressed.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex
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dretchc900
awhenec1000
teenOE
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annoyc1300
atrayc1320
encumberc1330
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offenda1387
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derea1400
miscomforta1400
angerc1400
engrievec1400
vex1418
molesta1425
entrouble?1435
destroublea1450
poina1450
rubc1450
to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450
disprofit1483
agrea1492
trouble1515
grig1553
mis-set?1553
nip?1553
grate1555
gripe1559
spitec1563
fike?1572
gall1573
corsie1574
corrosive1581
touch1581
disaccommodate1586
macerate1588
perplex1590
thorn1592
exulcerate1593
plague1595
incommode1598
affret1600
brier1601
to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603
discommodate1606
incommodate1611
to grate on or upon1631
disincommodate1635
shog1636
ulcerate1647
incommodiate1650
to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653
discommodiate1654
discommode1657
ruffle1659
regrate1661
disoblige1668
torment1718
pesta1729
chagrin1734
pingle1740
bothera1745
potter1747
wherrit1762
to tweak the nose of1784
to play up1803
tout1808
rasp1810
outrage1818
worrit1818
werrit1825
buggerlug1850
taigle1865
get1867
to give a person the pip1881
to get across ——1888
nark1888
eat1893
to twist the tail1895
dudgeon1906
to tweak the tail of1909
sore1929
to put up1930
wouldn't it rip you!1941
sheg1943
to dick around1944
cheese1946
to pee off1946
to honk off1970
to fuck off1973
to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977
to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983
to wind up1984
to dick about1996
to-teen-
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > worry about [verb (transitive)] > cause worry to
busyeOE
fretc1290
exercise1531
to lead, rarely give (a person) a dancea1545
pingle1740
potter1763
fidget1785
worrit1818
worry1822
bite1909
disquieten1921
to stress out1983
1740 Scots Mag. Oct. 462 Baith our thickest claes and skin, Are pingl'd to keep us het within.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. i. 21 To be pingled wi' mickle speaking. View more context for this quotation
1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iii. xlvii Ye'se no wirk here lang, nar be pingled wi' dule.
2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go xviii. 135 His conscience tho wis pingled wi guilt.
II. Senses connoting absence of effort.† 4. intransitive. Chiefly Scottish. To work in a trifling or ineffectual way; to meddle or have to do with in a petty way; to waste time, dally. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity
trifle?a1400
loiterc1400
tiffc1440
tifflec1440
to pick a salad1520
to play the wanton1529
fiddle1530
dauntc1540
piddle1545
dally?1548
pittlea1568
pingle1574
puddle1591
to thrum caps1594
maginate1623
meecha1625
pudder1624
dabble1631
fanfreluche1653
dawdlea1656
taigle17..
niff-naff1728
tiddle1747
peddle1755
gammer1788
quiddle1789
muddle1791
browse1803
niddle1808
poke1811
fal-lal1818
potter1824
footer1825
putter1827
shaffle1828
to fool about1838
mike1838
piffle1847
mess1853
to muck about1856
tinker1856
bohemianize1857
to fool around1860
frivol1866
june1869
muss1876
to muddle about (also around)1877
slummock1877
dicker1888
moodle1893
to fart about1899
to fart about (or around)1899
plouter1899
futz1907
monkey1916
to arse around1919
to play around1929
to fuck around1931
tool1932
frig1933
boondoggle1935
to muck around1935
to screw around1935
to bugger about1937
to bugger around1939
to piss about1943
to dick around1948
to jerk around1953
fart-arse1954
to fanny around1969
slop1973
dork1982
to twat around (or about)1992
to dick about1996
1574 R. Scot Perfite Platforme of Hoppe Garden 30 Suffer them not to pyngle in picking [hops] one by one, but let them speedily strype them into Baskets.
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Cvij King Phillip, for al those dominions & mines of treasures, was content to be pingling with our purses: made Queene Mary to aske..frequent subsides.
1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights 152 If he doe but pingle, as suffer himselfe to be outlawed..this was neuer any forfeiture of franke tenement.
1844 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie vi Lassies, dinna sit an' pingle, Stir your shanks, an' steer the ingle.
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xxxviii. 12 Wha ettle me ill speak a' mischieff an' pingle on lies the hail day.
5.
a. intransitive. Now English regional (chiefly northern). To pick at or play with one's food; to eat with little appetite, nibble.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat small amounts
picklea1522
pickc1550
pingle1600
piddlea1620
1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. B4v Neyther did he pingle, when it [sc. a banquet] was set on the boord.
1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 33 Great drinkers..do (as we say) but pingle at their meat and eat little.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) II. 254 Pingle, v. to pick one's food; to eat squeamishly. [In Eng. Dial. Dict., from Yorksh. to Herts and Essex.]
1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 41 He keep pinglin' over his wittles.
1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 87 She didn't eat nothin', on'y just pingled it over.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Jan. 8 My Yorkshire mother, 50 years ago, told me, ‘Don't pinkle with your food, there's a war on.’
b. transitive. English regional (southern). To pick at or toy with (one's food). Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat small amounts
tastea1400
picklea1522
to taste of1607
pingle1903
1903 H. Gosselin in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 512/1 (Herts.) She just sits and pingles her victuals.
1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 60 Don't yow keep a-pinglin' yar wittles so.
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