Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An open fire in a fireplace.
- n. A fireplace.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Fire; flame; blaze.
- n. A household fire or fireplace.
- n. A favorite, particularly a male favorite, in a bad sense; a paramour.
- n. In a general sense, a person beloved; a friend.
- To wheedle; coax.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Obs. or Scot. Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
- n. obsolete A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle.
- v. obsolete To cajole or coax; to wheedle. See engle.
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps Scottish Gaelic aingeal, fire, light. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And above the ingle was another slab of oak from the same tree.”
“For example, ingle, meaning boy (= Ger. jüngling), has been wholly obliterated by the English word.”
“At NCVO, we are looking at how we can work constructively with other networks to identify gaps and opportunities, including connecting with our European national partners in ENNA.The EESC study group will prepare an exploratory opinion on social entrepreneurship for the section for the ingle market, production and consumption to be finalised in October, and the next public hearing will be in Brussels on 28 July.”
The Guardian: The pursuit of pure profit is often not the best solution
“For Michael Waltrip, it represented the best and worst luck compressed into a s ingle minute.”
The Wall Street Journal: Years After Earnhardt's Death, Waltrip Talks
“Have you heard about the latest survey of s ingle people?”
“I hate to throw cold water - but exactly where, in all those 'interpretations', is there as ingle new thought or reading of the situation that has not been articulated ad nauseum by every politico there is for over 4 weeks? gotalife:”
“Bruce Sterling points to "the ingle most culturally incendiary Bollywood item-number I've yet seen (and yes, I've seen plenty).”
“[S] ingle mothers with dependent children have the highest rate of poverty across all demographic groups (Olson & Banyard, 1993).”
“But I maun speak to this gabbling skyte too, for bairns and fules speak at the Cross what they hear at the ingle-side. —”
“Who Would all wine, com, ingle and Mochi gold? reply”
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
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Just 'cause I like 'em, I
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.fire
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Prolagus See also inglenook. Jan 28, 2009
reesetee Nice word! Aug 21, 2007
trivet An open fire in a fireplace.
A fireplace.
(Perhaps Scottish Gaelic aingeal, fire, light.) Aug 21, 2007