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Definition of Spurgalled
1. spurgall [v] - See also: spurgall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spurgalled
Literary usage of Spurgalled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"It is the same as the o. E. jounce by a common change of dipthongs, as thow for
thaw, straw for straw, &c. SH. Richard II. " spurgalled and tired ..."
2. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"... by a common change of dipthongs, as thow for thaw, straw for straw, &c. SH.
Richard II. " spurgalled and tired ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"Gower in R. Hence figuratively for an utterance of Jaundice. Fr. jaunisse, the
yellow disease ; jaune, yellow. spurgalled and tired ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"The fundamental meaning is to jolt or jog. To jounce, to bounce, thump, and jolt
as rough riders are wont to do.—Forby. spurgalled and tired by ..."
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