Brangle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brangle \Bran"gle\, n. [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled,
     Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of
     wrangle, confused with brawl. [root]95.> ]
     A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.]
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           A brangle between him and his neighbor.  --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brangle \Bran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brangled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Brangling}.]
     To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]
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