† beˈdaggle, v. Obs.
[f. be- + daggle. A kind of frequentative to bedag.]
= prec.
| 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Crotté, bedagled. 1583 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 40 With dust al powdred, with filthood dustie bedagled. 1660 Pepys Diary 5 July, I saw the King..go forth in the rain..and it bedaggled many a fine suit of clothes. 1755 in Johnson; in mod. Dicts. |