ragglingn.

Brit.

/ˈraɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈræɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈraɡ(ə)lɪŋ/,

/ˈraɡ(ə)lɪn/

Forms: 1800s ragling (English regional (northern)), 1800s– raglin, 1900s– raggling; Scottish pre-1700 ragaling, pre-1700 ragelling, pre-1700 raggalyne, pre-1700 ragglyne, pre-1700 regeleing, pre-1700 reggeling, pre-1700 regilling, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– raglin, pre-1700 1800s ragglin, pre-1700 1800s ragling, 1700s ragline, 1700s– raggling, 1800s ragglin', 1900s– raglen.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: raggle v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < raggle v. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix¹. Compare later raggle n.²Also occasionally in plural form with singular agreement.

Originally Scottish.

1. Building. = raggle n.²

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > other processes

raggling1500

rigalding1688

tailing1700

rusticating1749

rustication1766

knobbling1785

boasting1823

wind-pinning1833

stroking1842

garreting1845

hearting1858

knobbing1875

ripple-flaking1883

retouch1885

1500 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 113 That the sadis Schir Andro [etc.]..sall broik and joys all lychtis and raggalyne.

1584 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1892) II. 387 For..mending of the ragglin of the librar.

1643 in A. M. Munro Rec. Old Aberdeen (1909) II. 149 Givin to William Fyff for dressing the ragling. 1 10 0 [sc. £1,10s].

a1712 G. Martine Reliquiæ Divi Andreae (1797) 183 The chaple hath had at several times three roofes, as appears by the raggling in the body of the chaple eastward.

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §983 Common rafters 3 inches by 2 inches and a half; ragglings, 3 inches and a half by 2 inches.

1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. 195/2 The grooves in their sides had been to receive slate-stones or raglings of wood.

1917 F. T. Hodgson Builders' Reliable Estimator & Contractors' Guide 32 Base blocks shall be charged by the pair, and raggling or housing shall be specially described.

1993 J. H. Maclean & J. S. Scott Penguin Dict. Building (ed. 4) 361/2 Raglet, raggle, raglin, reglet, a narrow horizontal groove or chase in a wall to receive the turned-in edge of a flashing, which is fixed with mortar.

†2. Mining. A channel or passage to provide ventilation made in a shaft by partitions of brickwork, boarding, etc.; = trumpeting n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings

througher1645

thirling1686

air-pit1709

horse-head1747

sollar1778

airway1800

wind-hole1802

bearing door1813

air course1814

downcast shaft1814

upcast shaft (or pit)1816

buze1823

air road1832

raggling1839

thirl1847

brattice1849

intake1849

run1849

trapdoor1849

skailing1850

return1851

wind-road1860

breakthrough1875

wind-way1875

breast1882

cross-heading1883

skail-door1883

U.C.1883

undercast1883

vent1886

furnace-drift1892

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe > in a mine