1601. B. Jonson, Poetaster, i. 1. What! shall I have my son a
stager now? an enghle for players.
1602. Dekker, Honest Whore, [Dodsley, Old Plays, iii. 260]. Call me
your love, your ingle, your cousin, or so; but sister at no hand.
1609. Ben Jonson, Silent Woman, i. 1. Wks. (1860), p. 208. col. i.
His ingle at home.
1659. Massinger, City Madam, iv. 1. Coming, as we do, from his
quondam patrons, his dear ingles now.
1773. T. Hawkins, Origin of Dr. iii. p. 118. I never saw mine ingle
so dashed in my life before.
1821. Scott, Kenilworth, iii. Ha! my dear friend and ingle, Tony
Foster.
Verb. (old).—1. To practise sodomy; to indorse (q.v.); to chuff (q.v.).
1598. Florio, Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Cinedulare, to bugger, to
bardarsh, to ingle.