coggle

Origin obscure. Perhaps from cog (“small boat”) +‎ -le (frequentative suffix), in reference to the rocking or swaying motion of the sea; or perhaps an alteration of cockle (“to move up and down”).

coggle (third-person singular simple present coggles, present participle coggling, simple past and past participle coggled)

1. To move or walk unsteadily

See cog (“small boat”).

coggle (plural coggles)

1. A small fishing boat.

• Lewis Randolph Hamersly, A naval encyclopædia.

From cock (“a roundish heap”) +‎ -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Swedish kokkel (“a lump of earth”). Compare also Dutch kogel, German Kugel (“ball”).

coggle (plural coggles)

1. cobble (all senses)

• cogle, kogl, kogel, cuggle, kugl, kugel, kuggle, kuggal

• (Insular Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɡəl/
• (Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɡl/
• (Central Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɡəl/
  • (Ayrshire) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɡl/
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɡl/
  • (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɡʌl/

coggle (plural coggles)

1. (archaic) Something which is unsteady or unbalanced.

coggle (third-person singular present coggles, present participle cogglein, past cogglet, past participle cogglet)

1. (archaic) To rock, totter, shake.