Defn: A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ENGLE
En"gle, v. t.
Defn: To cajole or coax, as favorite. [Obs.]
I 'll presently go and engle some broker. B. Jonson.
ENGLISH Eng"lish, a. Etym: [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (Arch.)
Defn: See 1st Bond, n.,
8.
— English breakfast tea. See Congou.
— English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese.
— English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut.
ENGLISH
Eng"lish, n.
1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.