draggle

Verb
Synonyms: bedraggle

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. make wet and dirty, as from rainSynonyms: bedraggle
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Draggle \Drag"gle\ (dr[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled (dr[a^]g"g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling (dr[a^]g"gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of drag. [root]73. Cf. Drawl.] To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. --Trench. [1913 Webster]

Draggle \Drag"gle\, v. i. To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
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