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noun
Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To hint at; disclose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
To have a hint or inkling of; divine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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noun
a linen tape used for trimming as a decoration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tape
History
Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel.
From Middle English inklen, inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), derived from inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), from Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), from Proto-West Germanic *inkō, from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1eng- (“illness”). Cognate with Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”).
