ingle
Americannoun
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a fire burning in a hearth.
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a fireplace; hearth.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ingle
First recorded in 1500–10, ingle is from the Scots Gaelic word aingeal fire
Example Sentences
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Paddy says, Fintan, what’s an ingle? and Fintan says it’s just a boy from olden times who sits in a corner, that’s all.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
But the blazing peat— "The bleezing ingle, and the clean hearth-stane"— is the very soul of cheerfulness and comfort.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
Old Mrs. Cregeen sat knitting in an armchair at one side of the ingle.
From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir
To the left are a cheerful glowing fire and ingle.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Lettie picked up a book that lay in the ingle seat, and went to the window.
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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