engle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋɡəl/

Noun

engle (plural engles)

1. A favourite; a paramour; an ingle.
   • 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. ”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: Will Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     What between his Mistress Abroad, and his Engle at Home, high Fare, soft Lodging […]

Verb

engle (third-person singular simple present engles, present participle engling, simple past and past participle engled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cajole or coax.
   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: , London: for M L , published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

     I'll presently go and engle some broker.

Anagrams

• Engel, gleen, glene

Danish

Noun

engle c

1. indefinite plural of engel

Middle English

Noun

engle

1. Alternative form of hengel