Ingle
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ingle¹
- /ˈɪŋɡəl/
Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl
Where it comes from
From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal.
noun ingles
- An open fireplace. Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely
ingle²
- /ˈɪŋɡəl/
Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl
Where it comes from
Unknown.
noun ingles · engle
- A catamite; a male lover What? shall I have my sonne a stager now? an enghle for players?
verb ingles · ingling · ingled · engle
- To cajole or coax; to wheedle. Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it, […]
Ingle³
- /ˈɪŋɡl̩/
Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl
proper noun
- A surname.
