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Webster 1913 Edition


Riggle

Rig′gle

,
Verb.
I.
See
Wriggle
.

Rig′gle

,
Noun.
The European lance fish.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Riggle

RIG'GLE

,
Verb.
I.
To move one way and the other. [See Wriggle.]

Definition 2024


riggle

riggle

English

Noun

riggle (plural riggles)

  1. (Britain, dialect) The European lancefish.

Etymology 2

Verb

riggle (third-person singular simple present riggles, present participle riggling, simple past and past participle riggled)

  1. Archaic form of wriggle.
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