Obs. Also 7 ringle. [Corresponds in sense 1 to Da. vringle, Sw. and Norw. vringla, to twist, entwine, and in sense 2 to Flem. wringelen to squirm, writhe. The precise source is not clear.]
1. trans. To entwine or twist together; to wreathe.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 63 b. This Serpente I haue descried as wringled into a wreathe.
2. intr. To move sinuously; to writhe.
1596. [see next].
1643. ‘Powers to be resisted,’ 12. A poore worme … will wringle away from the foot, and earth it selfe.
1648. Hexham, II. Ringen, to Ringle, or to Wrestle.
1789. Shepherd’s Wedding, 12 (E.D.D.). She threw and she drew, she wringl’d and wrang.
Hence Wringling ppl. a.
1596. Davies, Orchestra, liii. I loue Meanders path;… In his indented course and wringling play He seemes to daunce a perfect cunning Hay.
