coggly, a. Sc. and dial.
(ˈkɒglɪ)
[f. coggle v. + -y1. Cf. cockly, joggly.]
Shaky, unsteady, like anything resting on a rounded base, e.g. a small boat, or a ‘coggle-stone’ when stepped on.
| 1808 Jamieson, Cogglie, moving from side to side, unsteady as to position, apt to be overset. 1821 Galt Annals Dalmailing 193 (Jam.), I thought..that the sure and stedfast earth itself was grown coggly beneath my feet, as I mounted the pulpit. 1829 Blackw. Mag. XXVI. 846 The ships at Anchor in the roads are a' rather coggly. 1884 Cheshire Gloss., Coggly, easily moved, shaky. |