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in⋅gle

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

Origin:
1500–10; < ScotGael aingeal fire
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in·gle   (ĭng'gəl)   
n.  
  1. An open fire in a fireplace.

  2. A fireplace.


[Perhaps Scottish Gaelic aingeal, fire, light.]
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