ogle

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See also: Ogle, oglē, ógle, øgle, and öğle

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17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (to show). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). In both cases equivalent to English eye + -le.

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ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

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ogle (plural ogles)

  1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
  2. (Polari, usually in the plural) An eye.
    • 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137:
      Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
    • 2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian[2]:
      Slick, she bamboozles the ogles / of old Lilly Law.

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Latvian

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 ogle on Latvian Wikipedia
Ogle (1)
Akmeņogle (2)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anˀglís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (coal).[1]

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ogle f (5th declension)

  1. charcoal (partially burnt organic materials, usually wood)
    aktīvā ogle, aktivētā ogleactivated carbon
    melns kā ogleblack as charcoal
    ogles zīmējumicharcoal drawings
    kvēlojošas oglesburning coals
  2. (syn. akmeņogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)
    ogļu atradnescoal deposits
    ogļu ieguvecoal mining
    ogļu rūpniecībacoal industry

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ogle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Noun

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ógle

  1. accusative plural of ogel