daggle

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daggle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Daggle \Dag"gle\, v. i.
     To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush;
     to draggle.
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           Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town.
                                                    --Pope.
     Daggle-tail

  Daggle \Dag"gle\ (d[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daggled
     (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Daggling (-gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of
     dag, v. t., 1.]
     To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to
     moisten.
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           The warrior's very plume, I say,
           Was daggled by the dashing spray.        --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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