Obs. rare. In 4 stengle, 5 styngill. [OE. *stęngel, f. stęng STING sb.2, the suffix denoting an implement: see -LE 1.] = STING sb.2 2.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XII. v. (Bodl. MS.). Been þat beþ vnbuxome to þe kinge … deye wiþ þee wounde of heere strengþe of here stengles.
1422. Yonge, trans. Secreta Secret., 181. The bee is a Passynge wrathfull beste and full of fyght, and for vengeaunce they lewyth thar Styngill in the wonde, but the kynge of bees Is wythout a styngill.
