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Draggle definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAGGLE, v.t. To wet and dirty by drawing on the ground or mud, or on wet grass; to drabble.
DRAGGLE, v.i. To be drawn on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being drawn on the mud or wet grass.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make wet and dirty, as from rain [syn: bedraggle, draggle]

Merriam Webster's

verb (draggled; draggling) Etymology: frequentative of drag Date: 1513 transitive verb to make wet and dirty by dragging intransitive verb 1. to trail on the ground 2. straggle

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. make dirty or wet or limp by trailing. 2 intr. hang trailing. 3 intr. lag; straggle in the rear. Phrases and idioms: draggle-tailed (of a woman) with untidily trailing skirts. Etymology: DRAG + -LE(4)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Draggle Drag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling.] [Freq. of drag. ??? Cf. Drawl.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Draggle Drag"gle, v. i. To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. --Hudibras.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Trail, daggle, befoul, bemire, drabble.

Moby Thesaurus

bag, bedrabble, bedraggle, cascade, daggle, dangle, depend, drabble, drag, drape, draw, droop, fall, flap, flop, flow, hale, hang, hang down, haul, heave, lop, lug, nod, pend, pull, sag, snake, swag, swing, take in tow, tow, trail, train, traipse, trawl, troll, tug, weep