Ingle-nook
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ingle-nook is a noun meaning Alternative form of inglenook.
Meaning
Alternative form of inglenook.
Example Sentences
The ingle-nook ſupplies the ſimmer-fields, / An' aft as mony gleefu' maments yields.
May the Forest still flourish, both Borough and Landward, / From the hall of the Peer to the herd's ingle-nook; / And huzza! my brave hearts, for Buccleuch and his standard, / For the King and the Country, the Clan and the Duke.
Seated in my barber's chair in the ingle-nook, with a book and a cup of coffee on the table in front of me, I would hear coming down the chimney, as though the village was situated on an island in the sky, a succession of slow, somnolent sounds: [...]
Could we find a Hamilton to write a tale in Gaelic, for the ingle-nooks of our cottagers, we might expect a speedy reform. The Highlanders are fond of tales, and there does not seem to be a better method of pointing out to them the advantages of activity and cleanliness, than dispersing among them a few stories drawn up with ability.
Word Forms
- ingle-nooks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hide-hole, killick, hommock, chimneypot, cockleloft, chiminea.
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