ingle

[ing-guhl] Origin

in·gle

[ing-guhl]
noun Chiefly British Dialect.
1.
a fire burning in a hearth.
2.
a fireplace; hearth.

Origin:
1500–10; < Scots Gaelic aingeal fire
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Ingle is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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ingle (ˈɪŋɡəl)
 
n
archaic, dialect or a fire in a room or a fireplace
 
[C16: probably from Scots Gaelic aingeal fire]

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ingle
"fireplace," 1508, from Scot., probably from Gael. aingeal "fire," of uncertain origin.
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