单词 | wraggle |
释义 | † wragglev.1 Obsolete. rare. 1. intransitive. To struggle or strive; to resist. ΚΠ ?c1225 [see wraggling n. at Derivatives]. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 190 For þe ȝet [sic] i fondunges. þet beoð þe deofles swenges. waggið oðerhwiles. & [ha] moten wreastlin aȝein wið strong wraglunge. 2. To wriggle. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle wiggle?c1225 wriggle1495 wraggle?a1513 wrabble1513 sprinklea1522 wrig1599 squirm1691 scrigglea1701 wraxle1746 squiggle1816 wiggle-waggle1827 swiggle1837 scurrifunge1894 ?a1513 [see wraggling adj. at Derivatives]. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C2 I strugled and stragled, and wrigled and wragled. Derivatives ˈwraggling n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling wrestlingc890 wragging?c1225 wraggling?c1225 strugglingc1386 straining1580 contention1583 strift1612 strifea1616 striving?1615 stickle1652 agonism1688 strain1693 struggle1833 floundering1868 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > striving in opposition wragging?c1225 wraggling?c1225 countermoil1581 gainstriving1583 contrasting1688 counter-striving1710 combating1870 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 275 Þe oðer bitternesse is in wrestlung & in wragelunge aȝeines fondunge. ˈwraggling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling wraggling?a1513 wriggling1567 friggling1621 wrinkling1653 squirming1860 wrigglesome1891 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Wan wraiglane wasp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020). wragglev.2 (See quot. 1875 and cf. raggle v.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > build or construct with stone [verb (transitive)] > other processes raggle1525 pin1680 rusticate1715 heart1776 tool1815 boast1823 fine-axe1834 ashlar1836 riprap1837 stroke1842 ditch1865 wraggle1875 bush-hammera1884 thorough-bind1884 1875 Gillies in Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1875 (1876) 8 246 I could make out two or three holes..where the silk lining..was raised and wraggled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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