Middle English word polwygle comes from English poll, English wiggle
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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poll | English (eng) | (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless. (intransitive) To vote at an election.. (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.. (legal) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.. (obsolete) To extort from; to plunder; to strip.. (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).. (transitive) To remove the [...] |
wiggle | English (eng) | (transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle. (figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. (Can we add an example for this sense?). (in the plural) See wiggles.. A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular. |
polwygle | Middle English (enm) |