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Definition of Fangling
1. fangle [v] - See also: fangle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fangling
Literary usage of Fangling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, George Washington Bethune (1847)
"*fANGLING REMINISCENCES, by Thomas Stoddart, Esq.,author of " The Death Wake," "The
Scottish Angler," &.c., Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Printing and Publishing ..."
2. Unorsk og norsk, eller Fremmedords avløsning by Knud Knudsen (1881)
"(»kanske du er rsed, jeg skaï ta dig i fang«, H. Ibs.), fang-tak, n., *fangling,
f., fang-lag, n. Gl. n. fang, sv. * fang. Mk. fang-tak (n. ..."
3. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... flowr Knew the cold cramp, th' angine, arid lunacy, lie lived exempt a hundred
yeers and tourc. fANGLING-WAND. A fishing-rod. ..."
4. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1849)
"... by your fiddling and fangling, That I scarce know my own, when I meet it again,
Such changelings you make, both of women and men. To confirm what I say, ..."
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