Ĕn'gle1, n.
(ĕng'gl), n. [O. Eng. enghle, to coax or cajole. Cf. ANGLE, a hook, one who may be easily enticed, a gull.] A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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(ĕng'gl), n. [O. Eng. enghle, to coax or cajole. Cf. ANGLE, a hook, one who may be easily enticed, a gull.] A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
To cajole or coax, as a favorite might. [Obs.] “I'll go and engle some broker.” B. Jonson.