ingle
[ ing-guh l ]
/ ˈɪŋ gəl /
noun Chiefly British Dialect.
a fire burning in a hearth.
a fireplace; hearth.
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Origin of ingle
First recorded in 1500–10, ingle is from the Scots Gaelic word aingeal fire
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ingle
/ (ˈɪŋɡəl) /
noun
archaic, or dialect a fire in a room or a fireplace
Word Origin for ingle
C16: probably from Scots Gaelic aingeal fire
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Word Origin and History for ingle
ingle
"fireplace," c.1500, from Scottish, probably from Gaelic aingeal "fire," of uncertain origin. The vogue for Scottish poetry in late 18c. introduced ingleside, ingle-nook to literary English.
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