▪ I. peggle, n. dial.
(ˈpɛg(ə)l)
Also pegall, pigall.
[Origin unknown: by some associated with pig.]
A local name for the fruit of the hawthorn; a haw.
| 1827 Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1598 ‘Haws’..in the west are called pegalls or pigalls. 1879 Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. xi. 223 Pigeons feed on the peggles which cover the great hawthorn bush so thickly as to give it a reddish tint. |
▪ II. ˈpeggle, v. local.
[Variant of peckle v.2]
intr. To peck, continue pecking.
| 1868 Fenn in Aunt Judy's Mag. 1 Aug. 241 Thrush..comes to dig and peggle away at the plums. [General in midland counties: see Eng. Dial. Dict.] |