"uggle" meaning in English

See uggle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: uggles [present, singular, third-person], uggling [participle, present], uggled [participle, past], uggled [past]
Etymology: From Norn alka (“dirty; defile”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nrn|alka||dirty; defile}} Norn alka (“dirty; defile”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} uggle (third-person singular simple present uggles, present participle uggling, simple past and past participle uggled)
  1. (Shetland, obsolete) To make dirty. Tags: Shetland, obsolete Synonyms: besmear, besmirch, defile, dirty, smirch, soil, sully, aggl, ugle
    Sense id: en-uggle-en-verb-4V5i8FFu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Shetland English

Inflected forms

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