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Definition of Ankling
1. ankle [v] - See also: ankle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ankling
Literary usage of Ankling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1866)
"It was probably from the first an extremely critical wound, but it was rendered
ten times worse from the fact that the victim had to carry the shot »ankling ..."
2. The Women of Israel by Grace Aguilar (1872)
"The mandate of the Emperor was not executed; but the disgrace was equally the
same; and, ''ankling in the hearts of the troops, exasperated them yet more ..."
3. Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Containing All the Decisions of by James Perronet Aspinall, Butler Aspinall, Geoffrey Hutchinson, James. A. Petrie, F. A. P. Rowe, Bruce Farthing (1873)
"... the latter was lying as above described, hitting her just forward of the pilot
house, at about right angles, or perhaps ankling a very little forward, ..."
4. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1902)
"The pedalling movement ought to be even—a steady, gradual, persistent pressure,
only to be obtained by perfect ankling. One of the reasons why ladies enjoy ..."
5. The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from "The (1902)
"... With some ankling calculated just to kill that fellow dead, But after half a
mile you are astounded still to feel That man with rubber pedals hanging ..."
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