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Definition of Rickle
1. Noun. (chiefly Scottish) A loose, disordered collection of things; a heap; a jumble. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly Scottish) A dilapidated or ramshackle building. ¹
3. Noun. (chiefly Scottish) Any object in poor condition, particularly a vehicle. ¹
4. Noun. (chiefly Scottish) An emaciated person or animal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rickle
1. a loose heap [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rickle
Literary usage of Rickle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To put into the form of a stack ; as, " When are ye gaun to rickle your ...
By the »lap o' the rickle dyke, by the broken yate, Then by the lang broom bush. ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"A heap, applied to stones; synon. rickle. Tent, rang/i-en agitare. " I soon saw
by them they war for playin' some pliskin, ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To pile up in a loose manner, S. rickle-DIKE, «. A wall built firmly at the
bottom, but having the top only the thickness of the single stones, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"I'm grown so thin ; I'm naething but a rickle o' banes.—JAMIESON. The proud Percy
caused hang five of the Laird's henchmen at Alnwick for burning a rickle ..."
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