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Definition of Pungled
1. a. Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).
Definition of Pungled
1. Verb. (past of pungle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pungled
1. pungle [v] - See also: pungle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pungled
Literary usage of Pungled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"... an' Polly's bad an' had go bed, an' Kitty is bur = ¡i poor tuttle, an' I am
so pungled I dunna know what do~ ..."
2. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"... causing the latter to shrink, and become what the English farmers call pungled.
This little pest may probably be destroyed by giving the grain a ..."
3. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"pungled, part, shrivelled and become tough ; as winter fruit over-kept, but not
turned rotten ; also grain shrivelled with heat or disease. ..."
4. History of Salt Lake City by Edward William Tullidge (1886)
"The staff officers have not yet pungled, as they are waiting to see what amount
will remain to be raised. " The three companies at Stockton would most ..."
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