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ingle

[ ing-guh l ]
/ ˈɪŋ gəl /
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noun Chiefly British Dialect.

a fire burning in a hearth.
a fireplace; hearth.

RELATED WORDS

stove, furnace, chimney, settle, blaze, grate, hob, fireside, inglenook, hearthside, ingleside

Nearby words

  1. ingersoll, robert green,
  2. ingest,
  3. ingesta,
  4. ingestant,
  5. ingestion,
  6. ingleborough,
  7. inglenook,
  8. ingleside,
  9. inglewood,
  10. inglorious

Origin of ingle

First recorded in 1500–10, ingle is from the Scots Gaelic word aingeal fire
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British Dictionary definitions for ingle

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

n.

"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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