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DRAGGLE
bedraggle, draggle
(verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
draggle (third-person singular simple present draggles, present participle draggling, simple past and past participle draggled)
to make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging along the ground
Anagrams
• gargled, raggled
Source: Wiktionary
Drag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling.] Etym: [Freq. of drag. Drawl.]
Definition: To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. Gray. With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench.
Drag"gle, v. i.
Definition: To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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