Rangle
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Stones or gravel eaten by birds of prey to improve digestion; gastroliths uncountable
"Previously she was seen eating on 1 pigeon fledgling 2 days before swalling the rangle"
- 1 To range about in an irregular manner. intransitive, obsolete
"Haue you not heard it long ago of cunning Fawkners tolde, / […] / And ſuch as knowe the luring voice of him that féedes them ſtill: / And neuer rangle farre abroade againſt the kéepers will, / Doe farre excéede the haggarde Hauke that ſtoopeth to no ſtale: / Nor forceth on the Lure awhit, but mounts with euery gale?"
Example
More examples"Haue you not heard it long ago of cunning Fawkners tolde, / […] / And ſuch as knowe the luring voice of him that féedes them ſtill: / And neuer rangle farre abroade againſt the kéepers will, / Doe farre excéede the haggarde Hauke that ſtoopeth to no ſtale: / Nor forceth on the Lure awhit, but mounts with euery gale?"
Etymology
From range + -le (frequentative suffix).
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