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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Draggle \Drag"gle\ (dr[a^]g"g'l), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Draggled} (dr[a^]g"g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Draggling} (dr[a^]g"gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of drag. [root]73. Cf. {Drawl}.] To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. --Gray.
With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. --Trench.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Draggle \Drag"gle\, verb (used without an object) To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. --Hudibras.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "draggle": bag, bedrabble, bedraggle, cascade, daggle, dangle, depend, drabble, drag, drape, draw, droop, fall, flap, flop, flow, hale, hang, hang down, haul, heave, lop, lug, nod, pend, pull, sag, snake, swag, swing, take in tow, tow, trail, train, traipse, trawl, troll, tug, weep
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