Definition of Bedaggle

1. v. t. To daggle.

Definition of Bedaggle

1. Verb. To daggle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bedaggle

1. to dirty [v BEDAGGLED, BEDAGGLING, BEDAGGLES] - See also: dirty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedaggle

bed out
bed pillow
bed push
bed rest
bed rock
bed sheet
bed wetter
bedabble
bedabbled
bedabbles
bedabbling
bedad
bedaff
bedaft
bedag
bedaggle (current term)
bedaggled
bedaggles
bedaggling
bedamn
bedamned
bedamning
bedamns
bedangle
bedare
bedark
bedarken
bedarkened
bedarkening
bedarkens

Literary usage of Bedaggle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Readable Dictionary: Or, Topical and Synonymic Lexicon: Containing by John Williams (1860)
"To Grime, or Begrime, is to soil deeply. To DAGGLE is to trail in the dirt. To bedaggle is to soil by trailing in the dirt ; as, ..."

2. A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To by George Fulton, G. Knight (1826)
"... be-dabl', v. to wet; to besprinkle bedaggle, be-dagl', v. to bemire; ... w. the same as bedaggle Bedrid, bed'rid, a. confined to bed Bedstead, bed'sted, ..."

3. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"... 'to trail in the wet or dirt, to clog, wet with mud' (EDD, NED), early NE and NE dial. bedaggle ..."

4. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"... NE dial, dag 'to trail in the mire', NE dial, daggle 'to trail in the wet or dirt, to clog, wet with mud' (EDD, NED), early NE and NE dial, bedaggle ..."

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