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Definition of Shoggle
1. v. t. To joggle.
Definition of Shoggle
1. to shake [v SHOGGLED, SHOGGLING, SHOGGLES] - See also: shake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoggle
Literary usage of Shoggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... shoggle is a pretty large but exceeding filthy town, ... Monday, March I.—From
shoggle our road led us at ..."
2. Quarterly Journal by Geological Society of London (1864)
"In the section of the shoggle Burn, to the north of the conglomerates, ...
If, however, we follow the line of strike of the exposed strata of shoggle Burn ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"shoggle, ra and n.,freq. of 'shog,' to shake out of its place; abo used by masons
as a var. pron. of 'joggle,' to fit one stone t" ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"E. ice shoggle, ice shackle, an icicle, a projecting point of ice. To Shall.
To walk crookedly. To drag the feet heavily.— Craven Gloss. ..."
5. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"shoggle, va and n., freq. of ' shog,' to shake out of its place; also used by
masons as a var. pron. of 'joggle,' to fit one stone to another by a zig-zag ..."
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