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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \Dag"gle\ (d[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daggled}
    (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Daggling} (-gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of
    dag, v. t., 1.]
    To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to
    moisten.
    
          The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the
          dashing spray.                           --Sir W.
                                                   Scott.
    
    
  2. \Dag"gle\, v. i.
    To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush;
    to draggle.
    
          Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town.
                                                   --Pope.
    
    
 

 

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