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ingling

ingling is the present participle and gerund of ingle.

Meaning of ingle

Verb

ingle (third-person singular simple present ingles, present participle ingling, simple past and past participle ingled)

  1. (obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.
    • Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it, […]1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC

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Questions about ingling

What is ingling the present participle and gerund of?
Ingling is the present participle and gerund of ingle.

Words near ingling in the dictionary

  1. Inglewooders
  2. inglide
  3. inglided
  4. inglides
  5. ingliding
  6. ingling
  7. Inglis
  8. Inglish
  9. Inglistan
  10. Ingliston
  11. inglobate

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