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English
Verb
reigle (third-person singular simple present reigles, present participle reigling, simple past and past participle reigled)
- (obsolete) To regulate; to govern.
Noun
reigle (plural reigles)
- A hollow cut or channel for guiding anything.
1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. , new edition, London: B. Law, ; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:In one of the corners next the sea, standeth a flood-gate, to bee drawne vp and let downe through reigles in the side postes
References
“reigle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
reigle f (plural reigles)
- rule (general guideline)
Verb
reigle
- first-person singular present indicative of reigler
- third-person singular present indicative of reigler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of reigler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of reigler
- second-person singular imperative of reigler
Descendants