broggle

verb — 2 senses

verb

Etymology A derivative of dialectal English brog (“sniggle, fish with a brog”), equivalent to brog + -le. Compare brog (noun).

UK, Dialectal To sniggle, or fish with a brog.

And as this way of fishing is called Sniggling, so it is called Broggling for Eels1674, The Gentleman's Recreation:

Dialectal To poke around, especially poke around in a hole with a stick.

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