ingle
Americannoun
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ingles
plural
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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
I mind fine sitting at oor ingle ae Januwar nicht wi' Maister Shaw.
From A Practical Novelist by John Davidson
Lettie picked up a book that lay in the ingle seat, and went to the window.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Can I forget my father's hearth— My mother by the ingle spinnin— Their weel-pleased look to see the mirth O' a' their bairnies round them rinnin?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
Another recalled the fact that on Good Friday morning Kisseck struck the griddle that hung in the ingle and tumbled it into the fire.
From She's All the World to Me by Sir Hall Caine
Just before the first chorus of Rosalía’s airy new single “LLYLM,” the Spanish phenom sings, “Lo diré en ingles y me entenderás” — I will say it in English and you will understand me.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
When an Argentine pledges his honor he gives the palabra de ingles, "the word of an Englishman."
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, Gawd, look at Fintan and his ingles.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Everywhere—even in daylight, even on the sunniest of mornings—were dark shadows that hung around the ingles and recesses of the rooms, the deep cupboards, the passages, and silent, winding staircases.
From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell
Fezzans ’ll run their heads into his ingles like winkin’.
From Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season by George Manville Fenn
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