Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To draggle; trail through mud or water, as a garment.
- To run through mud and water.
- To run about like a child; toddle.
Wiktionary
- v. To run, go, or trail oneself through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
- v. To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
Examples
“Why conno yo say reet out' at it's a pleeace not fit for ony decent dog to put his head in, an 'an ill-mannert daggle-tail of a woman to keep it, as I'd like to sweep out wi th' bits of a morning, an 'leave her on th' muck-heap wheer she belongs? ”
“So they told us, flat and plain, that we might even daggle through the mire by ourselves for them.”
“Page 15 we were stopped by a miry pocoson full half a mile in breadth, through which we were obliged to daggle on foot, plunging now and then, though we picked our way, up to the knees in mud.”
“Mike Grehan's blog and Danny's daggle, I forget to look for awhile and then get caught up ... at least every month (that's because I know them personally and just want to read as a friend).”
“The termite feeding assassin will daggle a dead termite infront of the opening of the termite mound so the hungry termites look at it.”
“And first, I am very sensible how much the gentlemen of wit and pleasure are apt to murmur, and be choked at the sight of so many daggle-tailed parsons that happen to fall in their way, and offend their eyes; but at the same time, these wise reformers do not consider what an advantage and felicity it is for great wits to be always provided with objects of scorn and contempt, in order to exercise and improve their talents, and divert their spleen from falling on each other, or on themselves, especially when all this may be done without the least imaginable danger to their persons.”
“The cry of Pembroke's men in the fight was "Down with the daggle-tails!"]”
“One more came directly, it said; another person did a search to find it (mother's cookie site: daggle. com was the search, which was me locating the article.”
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