▪ I. † ˈbangling, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. bangle v. + -ing1.]
Petty, frivolous contention; squabbling.
| 1612 T. James Jesuits' Downf. 68 What banglings had he with Creswell. 1621 Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. iii. xi. 186 Hauing liued in marriage without..bangling and strife. |
▪ II. † ˈbangling, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That bangles: see bangle v., and prec. word.
| 1615 Curry-c. for Coxe-c. i. 46 My Master..hath met with a bangling Sophister. 1633 T. Nash Quaternio 19 One good hawke [is to be preferred] before ten bangling buzzards. a 1639 S. Ward Serm. 83 (D.) No bangling hawk, but with a high flier will mend her pitch. |