ˈriglin(g Sc. (and north.).
Also 7–8 riglen, 9 -lan.
[Northern var. of ridgeling.]
= ridgel.
| 1662 in Pitcairn Crim. Trials III. 603 Paddokis did draw the plewgh, as oxen: qwickens wer sowmes, a riglen's horne wes a cowter. 1697 Lond. Gaz. No. 3316/4 A bay Horse,..quite blind, a Scar on the near Whirle Bone, and a Riglin. 1703 Ibid. No. 3929/4 A Dun Horse, a Riglin, wall Eyed. 1724 Ibid. No. 6283/3 Stolen.., a bright bay Rigling, 14 Hands high. 1787 W. Taylor Poems 66 A Riglen, Ram, an' thirty yowes. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 472 They are already too well aware of the plague of even a single riglin or chaser on a farm. |