ingle

[ ing-guhl ]
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nounChiefly British Dialect.
  1. a fire burning in a hearth.

  2. a fireplace; hearth.

Origin of ingle

1
First recorded in 1500–10, ingle is from the Scots Gaelic word aingeal fire

Words Nearby ingle

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How to use ingle in a sentence

  • “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.

    The Mark Of Cain | Andrew Lang
  • In 1644 ingle and Claiborne made a descent on the colony in a vessel, appropriately called the "Reformation."

    The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. Campbell
  • My breath freezes, despite my pipe, as I peer from the door: and with a fortnight-old newspaper I retire to the ingle-nook.

    Auld Licht Idyls | J. M. Barrie
  • 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.

    Sir Christopher | Maud Wilder Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for ingle

ingle

/ (ˈɪŋɡəl) /


noun
  1. archaic, or dialect a fire in a room or a fireplace

Origin of ingle

1
C16: probably from Scots Gaelic aingeal fire

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