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ingle

[ ing-guhl ]

noun

, Chiefly British Dialect.
  1. a fire burning in a hearth.
  2. a fireplace; hearth.


ingle

/ ˈɪŋɡəl /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a fire in a room or a fireplace


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingle1

First recorded in 1500–10, ingle is from the Scots Gaelic word aingeal fire

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingle1

C16: probably from Scots Gaelic aingeal fire

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Example Sentences

“It raises the possibility that there may be a common cause,” said Dr. James Ingle, one of 348 authors on the study.

There was heat, light, and a bar-parlor with a wide old-fashioned chimney-place, provided with seats within the ingle.

In 1644 Ingle and Claiborne made a descent on the colony in a vessel, appropriately called the "Reformation."

My breath freezes, despite my pipe, as I peer from the door: and with a fortnight-old newspaper I retire to the ingle-nook.

Saundersville, which was platted by John Ingle, did not contain an inhabitant by 1830.

Ralph Ingle is as frank and hearty-spoken a gentleman as there is in Maryland.

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