pedgill

English

Verb

pedgill (third-person singular simple present pedgills, present participle pedgilling, simple past and past participle pedgilled)

1. (British, regional) To work hard and painstakingly at something; to plod or persevere.
   • D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow

     But at drawing, his hand swung naturally in big, bold lines, rather lax, so that it was cruel for him to pedgill away at the lace designing, working from the tiny squares of paper, counting and plotting and niggling.