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Rangle

Rangle \Ran"gle\ (r[a^]n"g'l), v. i. To range about in an irregular manner. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.

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vb. (context obsolete dialect UK English) To range about in an irregular manner.

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Rangle
For other spellings, see Wrangle (disambiguation), Wrangel (disambiguation), or Rangel (disambiguation).

In falconry, rangle is a term used for small stones which are fed to hawks to aid in digestion. These stones, which are generally slightly larger than peas, are used less often now than they were historically.

Usage examples of "rangle".

I stared at her as she bent and picked up the package of meat scraps that Rangle would never eat.

He was an older man, his shoulders slightly stooped, one of those retainers who had been with Lady Rangle so long that he felt proprietary about her time and attention.

Lady Rangle refurbished it continually to be slap up to the echo of fashion.

Lady Rangle could afford the best, but their very newness made them tawdry.

Her aunt would soon grow impatient with an indigent relative who refused to help herself in the only way Lady Rangle could approve.

Lady Rangle had been crowing, though always in her languid way, that Beth would be invited to whatever entertainments were to be had in London.

Lady Rangle cooed, holding out one languid hand that dripped a pearl gray bit of gauze masquerading as a handkerchief.

Why ever did Lady Rangle always set these chairs so close to the fire?

Lady Rangle cared nothing for propriety when so great a catch as the very rich brother of a Viscount was involved.

Ahh, Lady Rangle saw an opportunity for an informal announcement of her triumph.

Lady Rangle was claimed instantly by the ancient Earl of Silchester and began whispering to him.

Lady Rangle talked in excited tones to Lady Jersey and several other matrons.

Lady Rangle made no protest that it would be Miss Fairfield who supported Beth.

Beth saw Lady Rangle off to Bath at the crack of one in the afternoon.

It was the eternally optimistic Kelp who had first met the old coot, named Hiram Rangle, and brought him around to the OJ.