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Definition of Coggle
1. Verb. Walk unsteadily. "The children coggle to the playground"; "Small children toddle"
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Dodderer, Toddler, Totterer, Waddle, Waddler
2. Verb. Move unsteadily. "The old cart wobbled down the street"
Definition of Coggle
1. n. A small fishing boat.
2. n. A cobblestone.
Definition of Coggle
1. Verb. To move or walk unsteadily ¹
2. Noun. cobble (all senses) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coggle
1. to wobble [v COGGLED, COGGLING, COGGLES] - See also: wobble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coggle
Literary usage of Coggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"Properly, like coggle, goggle, joggle, ... to juggle, to deceive the eye by rapid
movements of the hands. E. dial, coggle, to be shaky ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"coggle, s.—A small round stone, pebble, cobble. There's a many nasty toggles about.
I just catched my foot against a coggle. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"... Burton en les Goggles, so called from the multitude of coggle stones there.
A coggle is a hard smooth stone, for the most part of a round form," &c. ..."
4. Campaigns of a Non-combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend (1866)
"A man named " coggle," being nudged by the Colonel, and requested to take other
quarters, asked dolorously if it was time to turn out, and roared " woa," as ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"... Lincolnshire "coggle," as a name and prefix. The latter is the Danish word
for round, water.worn stones.* No other stones exist in this part of Essex, ..."
6. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"Also, the coggle or cog (which see).—Cobble or coggle stones, pebbly shingle,
ballast-stones rounded by attrition, boulders, Ac. COBBLER. ..."
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