ingle meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

ingle

noun

/ˈɪŋɡəl/

Etymology 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.

Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete An open fireplace.

Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely1790, Robert Burns, Tam O'Shanter:

Derived terms: inglenook, ingleside

ingle

verb

Etymology Unknown.

Obsolete To cajole or coax; to wheedle.

Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it, […]1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:

ingle

noun

Etymology Unknown.

A catamite; a male lover

What? shall I have my sonne a stager now? an enghle for players?1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene i:
Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle's accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.1926, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom:

1 more example

My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles!1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 318:

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