单词 | brangle |
释义 | † branglen.1 Obsolete. 1. A shake, an impulse, a setting in motion; = French branle, branle n., bransle n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > impulse drifta1400 swafea1400 impulse1650 brangle1652 drive1685 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 206 Forced, for want of a convenient Agent to give them the due brangle, to lye immobile. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1737) II. ii. xv. 123 Gave it the brangle, hurling it with all their force down the hill. 2. A kind of dance; = French branle, branle n., bransle n., brantle n. (Only Scottish) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances brawla1542 branglec1550 caterbrawl1565 bransle1590 branle1674 bocanea1701 cotillion1766 quadrille1773 German cotillion1831 supper quadrille1831 Grandpère1835 galop1837 brantle1846 German1853 lancers1862 grandfather1897 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 52 It vas ane celest recreation to behald ther..braulis, and branglis..vitht mony vthir lycht dancis. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xiii. ix. 107 Upstert troianis, and syne Italianis And gan do doubil brangillis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † branglen.2 Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. A brawl, wrangle, squabble. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of ganglinga1387 altercation1410 brawla1500 heat1549 wranglea1555 brabble1566 paroxysm1578 wrangling1580 brangle1600 branglement1617 rixation1623 row1746 skimmington1753 mêlée1765 breeze1785 squeal1788 hash1789 rook1808 blow-up1809 blowout1825 scena1826 reerie1832 catfight1854 barney1855 wigs on the green1856 bull and cow1859 scrap1890 slanging match1896 snap1897 up-and-downer1927 brannigan1941 rhubarb1941 bitch fight1949 punch-up1958 shout-up1965 shouting match1970 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. xxxv. 162 i Run desperatly and blindly into a world of brangles and troubles. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 105 I will not press this too much, because it may occasion a Brangle. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 163 The Feuds and Brangles of this Parliament. 1875 Lanc. Gloss. Brangle, a quarrel or squabble. 2. ? A state of confusion, a muddle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 1865 Morning Star 26 May The bill had got into that unfortunate state which the right hon. gentleman..was in the habit of calling a ‘brangle’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † branglev.1 Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To shake; to brandish, flourish (a sword, etc.); to wag (the head); to sway to and fro, cause to totter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake reseeOE swengea1000 shakeOE stira1023 rogglea1398 bitaltc1400 rogc1400 shigc1440 warble1510 brangle1513 shatter1533 wap1570 goggle1576 esbrandill1588 concute1599 quakea1616 beshake1664 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ii. 111 The schaft he schuike, and branglis lustely. a1684 R. Leighton Serm. xxviii. 414 Will the pillars be brangled. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlv. 369 Charmides shook and brangled his Head. b. figurative. To shake (in mind), cause to waver. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)] > cause doubt branglea1600 forgive1600 stumble1607 uncertain1614 uncredit1615 disconceita1639 scruple1638 startle1643 stagger1646 unfix1650 inscruple1663 unhinge1719 unconvince1815 unsettle1833 to keep (a person) guessing1896 a1600 Throgmorton in Sir. J. Melvil Mem. (1683) 61 Retaining the hearts of those you have gained already, recovering of those who are brangled. 1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 426 The people were brangled and shaken with contrarie doctrines. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) vii. 208 In case it should misgive, it would brangle me terribly. c. To render uncertain. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > render obscure [verb (transitive)] cloud1548 denigrate1583 befog1601 brangle1608 diffuse1608 bedim1816 obfusticate1834 fuzz1907 1608 Merry Devil Edm. in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) X. 228 The title [to some land] is so brangled with thy debts. 2. intransitive. To shake, totter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > totter shake1297 waive1338 wagc1340 falterc1386 waverc1440 branglea1522 totterc1522 wave1538 swerve1573 nod1582 tittera1618 cockle1634 labascate1727 teeter1904 oversway1994 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. x. 119 The tre branglis bostyng to the fall. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vii. 54 Ane croune of gold, hingand & brangland, that it vas lyik to fal doune. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † branglev.2 Obsolete or archaic. intransitive. To wrangle, squabble, dispute contentiously. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in noisy or angry manner flitec900 chidec1000 strivec1290 scold1377 wrangle1377 jangle1382 brawlc1440 bickera1450 to have words1490 altercate1530 jar1550 brangle1553 brabble1568 yed1570 fraple?a1598 barrat1600 warble1600 camp1606 to word it1612 caterwaul1621 cample1628 pickeer1651 spar1698 fratch1714 rafflea1796 row1797 barney1850 dudgeon1859 frabble1885 scrap1895 1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados viii. Prol. 125 That brangillis [(ed. Small) braulis] thus w' thi boist. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 317 Flesh & bloud will brangle, And murmuring Reason with th' almightie wrangle. 1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) lxxxiii. 292 With what Heat..they brangle about the sick-mans bed. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 13 Thus wrangled, brangled, jangled they a month. 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