English

Noun

ingle ‎(plural ingles)

1. (obsolete or Scotland) An open fireplace.

   Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely,

Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely

Robert Burns, "Tam O'Shanter"

Derived terms

• inglenook

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

ingle ‎(plural ingles)

1. A catamite.
   • 1926, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom:

     Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle's accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.

   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 318:

     My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles!

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• engle

Noun

ingle ‎(plural ingles)

1. (obsolete) A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Toone to this entry?)

Verb

ingle ‎(third-person singular simple present ingles, present participle ingling, simple past and past participle ingled)

1. (obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.

Anagrams

• Nigel

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ingre (rare), engle (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin inguen, inguinis.

Noun

ingle f ‎(plural ingles)

1. (anatomy) groin