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Hangle vs Fangle - What's the difference?

hangle | fangle |

As nouns the difference between hangle and fangle

is that hangle is a hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger while fangle is (obsolete) a prop; a taking up; a new thing.

As a verb fangle is

(obsolete|or|dialectal) to fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.

hangle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.
  • A form of hanger by which the scabbard of a sword was suspended, attached not necessarily to the girdle, but sometimes to two rings fastened to the cuirass at its bottom edge, one over the left hip, the other near the middle of the back.

    • fangle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (fangl)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Milton)
    • To control and new fangle the Scripture.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To waste time; trifle.
    • Usage notes
    Although obsolete in general English, the verb is still occasionally used in some regions, and is retained in the expression new fangled.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Derived erroneously from as if (new) + fangle. See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
  • Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
  • A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
  • A conceit; whim.

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