▪ I. † ˈbangle, v. Obs. or dial.
[Etymol. unknown.]
1. Orig. of hawks: To beat about, flutter aimlessly, in the air, instead of making direct for the quarry. See bangling ppl. a.
2. to bangle (away): to fritter away, squander.
| 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. x. (1651) 107 We bangle away our best days, befool out our times. 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker (N.) Thy titles are so bangld with thy debts. 1658 Whole Duty Man xvi. §18 (1684) 134 If we wilfully bangle away this so precious a Legacy. [In Lanc. (Halliwell).] |
3. intr. To flap, hang loosely.
| 1622 T. Stoughton Chr. Sacr. xii. 166 Hats..broad brimmed..bangling about the eares of men, and hiding their faces. 1878 Halliwell s.v., A bangled hat means one bent down or slouched. |
4. dial. To beat down (e.g. corn by wind or rain).
5. bangle(d) ear, one hanging loosely or flapping, like a spaniel's; hence bangle-eared ppl. adj.
| 1567 Drant Horace Epist. i. xviii. F iiij, A sight of bangle eared houndes. 1647 Ward Simp. Cobler (1843) 90, I hold him prudent that in these fastidious times will helpe..bangled ears, with pretty quicke pluckes. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict., Bangle-Ears, an Imperfection in a Horse. [In mod. Dicts.] |
▪ II. bangle
(bæŋg(ə)l)
[a. Hind. bangṛī, bangrī, orig. a coloured glass ring worn on the wrist by women.]
A ring-bracelet or anklet.
| 1787 Archaeol. VIII. 256 (D.) The ankles and wrists ornamented with large rings or bangles. 1798 Greville in Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 405 The venders of glass bangles. 1830 Marryat King's Own xlii, The women..wear..gold bangles upon their arms and legs. |