v. Sc. [perh. onomatopœic: cf. jangle, wrangle.] intr. To dispute acrimoniously, to wrangle.
1619. Z. Boyd, Last Battell (1629), 530 (Jam.). Onely jangling and cangling, and at last returning to that where once wee beganne.
1839. Chamb. Jrnl., 19 Oct., 310. To have personal and domestic affairs harrowed up and cangled over.