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Dingle vs Ingle - What's the difference?

dingle | ingle |

As nouns the difference between dingle and ingle

is that dingle is a small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley while ingle is an open fireplace.

As a proper noun Dingle

is a harbour town in County Kerry Ireland, and the peninsula on which it stands.

As a verb ingle is

to cajole or coax; to wheedle.

dingle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
  • * 1954 , , Chapter 4
    • Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle , almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.

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    ingle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain; perhaps compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, Scotland) An open fireplace.
    • (Robert Burns)
    Derived terms
    * inglenook

    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A catamite.
  • * 1926 , , :
    • Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle' s accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 318:
    • My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles !

    Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

    * engle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart.
    • (Toone)

    Verb

    (ingl)
  • (obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.
    • (Webster 1913)

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