Inkle Definition
ĭngkəl
noun
A kind of braided linen tape.
Webster's New World
The thread or yarn from which this is made.
Webster's New World
verb
(rare) To have a hint or inkling of; divine.
Wiktionary
Origin of Inkle
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From Middle English, from *inklen, inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), from inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), from Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *yenǵ- (“illness”). Cognate with Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”).
From Wiktionary
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Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel.
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Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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