Ogle vs Orle - What's the difference?
ogle | orle |
(intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
* Dryden
(heraldiccharge) A bordure which runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.
* 1819': In his hand he bore that singular “abacus”, or staff of office, with which Templars are usually represented, having at the upper end a round plate, on which was engraved the cross of the Order, inscribed within a circle or '''orle , as heralds term it. — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
(heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
As nouns the difference between ogle and orle
is that ogle is an impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare while orle is (heraldiccharge) a bordure which runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.As a verb ogle
is (intransitive) to stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.ogle
English
Alternative forms
* (Northern England)Verb
(ogl)- And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.