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Definition of Fankle
1. to entangle [v FANKLED, FANKLING, FANKLES] - See also: entangle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fankle
Literary usage of Fankle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To FANK, fankle, ». a. 1. To entangle, especially by means of knots or nooses.
... [To fankle, ». a. To tangle, disorder, put or thread, Clydes. into ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To fold ; as, to fank the sheep, Ib. To FANK, fankle, ». o. 1. To entangle,
especially by means of knots or nooses. ..."
3. History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Days of the Pioneers and First by Ben Douglass (1878)
"L. Keiffer, AE Clark; 1870—Thomas fankle, AEClark; 1873—Henry Schriber, OKGriffith;
1876—Henry Schriber, James Bodine. 1817. Trustees—Peter Flickinger ..."
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