Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pagle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.
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- noun obsolete
cowslip
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
- noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
Etymologies
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Uncertain.
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Examples
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English proverb, "As blake as a paigle," means, "As yellow as a cowslip."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Bedlam cowslip: the paigle, or larger kind of cowslip.
Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry
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