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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1629
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Cangle, v. [Imitative.] intr. To wrangle. — 1629 Boyd Last B. 196.
Wee are in end found to haue beene, … onlie jangling and cangling, and at last returning to that where once wee beganne
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