[f. JANGLE v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. JANGLE, in its various senses; now chiefly, wrangling, noisy altercation; dissonant or discordant din of voices, bells, etc.
a. 1300. [see JANGLE v. 1].
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 11604. Þe kyng … þen lifte his hed, When þei hadde þer ianglyng leued.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pars. T., ¶ 332. Ianglynge is whan men speken to muche biforn folk and clappen as a Mille and taken no Kepe what they seye.
1463. Paston Lett., II. 133. If ony questions or jangelyng schuld be mad.
1526. Tindale, 1 Tim. i. 6. From the which thynges some have erde, and have turned vnto vayne iangelynge.
1581. [see JANGLE v. 3].
1663. Pepys, Diary, 8 June. After dinner my wife and I had a little jangling, in which she did give me the lie.
1686. Lond. Gaz., No. 2193/3. Nothing but Lamentations, and the Jangling of Bells for help, is heard.
1713. Steele, Guardian, No. 73, ¶ 8. They lose their respect towards us from this jangling of ours.
1812. Sporting Mag., XXXIX. 188. The ring was in confusion by the janglings of betting men.
1879. Farrar, St. Paul (1883), 459. The harsh jangling of their timbrels.
