wringle-
(ˈrɪŋg(ə)l)
the verb-stem used attrib. in wringle-gut, -straw dial., † -tail: (see quots.).
| 1658 Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 937 There is another Fly..which Pennius cals Curvicaudem [= curved tail], very well in English a Wringle-tail, in regard that..he bends his tail towards him with his sting started. 1691 Ray N. Co. Words (ed. 2) 84 Wringle-streas, or Straws,..Windle-Straws. 1777 in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., Wringle-gut, one who frets his guts to fiddle-strings by twisting and turning his body. 1877 Holderness Gloss. 160 Wringlesthreea,..a coarse grass. |