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coggly, a. Sc. and dial. (ˈkɒglɪ) [f. coggle v. + -y1. Cf. cockly, joggly.] Shaky, unsteady, like anything resting on a rounded base, e.g. a small boat, or a ‘coggle-stone’ when stepped on.1808 Jamieson, Cogglie, moving from side to side, unsteady as to position, apt to be overset. 1821 Galt Annals ...
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coggledy
ˈcoggledy, -ty, a. dial. [f. coggle v.; cf. cocklety, -dy.] Shaky, unstable, rickety.1834 M. Edgeworth Helen xxv. (D.), Take care of that step-ladder though; it is coggledy. 1880 Antrim & Down Gloss., Cogglety, coggly, shaky, unsteady.
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coggle
▪ I. coggle, n.1 Obs. or dial. (ˈkɒg(ə)l) Forms: 5 cogill, cogyl, coggul, 7 cogle, 7– coggle. [known only from 14th c.; possibly from a root *kug- with the sense ‘rounded lump’, cf. Ger. kugel, Du. kōgel; but this is doubtful. The parallelism in form and sense to cobble suggests onomatopœic formatio...
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cockly
▪ I. cockly, a.1 Now dial. (ˈkɒklɪ) [f. cockle v.1 (or n.3) + -y.] Full of cockles, rucks, or wrinkles, puckered.1522 Skelton Why nat to Court 285 Nat worth a cockly fose. 1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI, c. 6 §40 Clothes..cockely, pursy, bandy, squally or rowy, or evil burled. 1750 Miss Talbot in Lett. Miss...
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cockling
▪ I. ˈcockling, n. [f. cock n.1 + -ling.] A young cock; a cockerel. Also fig.1580 Sidney Arcadia ii. (1622) 225 These coklings cockred we bewaile too late. 1870 Pall Mall G. 15 Aug. 11 The young cocklings immaturely and prematurely imitating the crow of their seniors.▪ II. cockling, vbl. n.1 dial. (...
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yon
▪ I. yon, dem. a. and pron. Now arch. and dial. (jɒn) Forms: α. 1 ᵹeon, 4 ȝion, yoene, ȝhone, yhon(e, 4–5 yone, 4–6 ȝone, (6, 8 Sc.) ȝon, 5 yhonne, 6 yoen, (7–8 yon'), 4– yon. β. 5 ȝene, (6 ien), 6, 9 dial. yen, 9 dial. yin. [OE. ᵹeon adj. (rare), corresp., with variation of vowel, to OFris. iêna, g...
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