Definition of Spurgalled

1. Verb. (past of spurgall) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spurgalled

1. spurgall [v] - See also: spurgall

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spurgalled

spur-royal
spur-royals
spur-shell
spur-winged
spur blight
spur gear
spur of the moment
spur on
spur track
spur wheel
spurdog
spurdogs
spurfowl
spurfowls
spurgall
spurgalled (current term)
spurgalling
spurgalls
spurge
spurge family
spurge laurel
spurge nettle
spurges
spurgewort
spurgeworts
spuria
spuriae
spurion
spurionic
spurions

Literary usage of Spurgalled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"It is the same as the o. E. jounce by a common change of dipthongs, as thow for thaw, straw for straw, &c. SH. Richard II. " spurgalled and tired ..."

2. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"... by a common change of dipthongs, as thow for thaw, straw for straw, &c. SH. Richard II. " spurgalled and tired ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"Gower in R. Hence figuratively for an utterance of Jaundice. Fr. jaunisse, the yellow disease ; jaune, yellow. spurgalled and tired ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"The fundamental meaning is to jolt or jog. To jounce, to bounce, thump, and jolt as rough riders are wont to do.—Forby. spurgalled and tired by ..."

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