▪ I. † ˈcadgel Sc. Obs.
‘A wanton fellow’ (Jam.).
| 1603 Philotus xcvi, To tak a ȝoung man for his wyfe, Ȝon cadgell wald be glaid. |
▪ II. † ˈcadgel, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also cagel.
† 1. trans. To entangle. Hence ˈcadgelled.
| 1648 Hexham Dutch Dict. (1660) In het garen vallen, to be catch, cadgeld, or entangled in a net..Verwerret garen, Cadgeld Yarne. |
2. To harrow. dial.
| 1679 Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 342 They cagel it with harrows to break the turf. 1847–78 Halliwell, Cagel, to harrow ground. North. |