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 2. (old).—To caress; to make much of.

1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, in Works [Grosart, v. 194]. Hug it, ingle it, kiss it.

Inglenook, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.

Ingler, subs. (old.)—i. A sodomist. For synonyms see Usher.

1598. Florio, Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Pedicone, a buggrer, an ingler of boyes.

2. (thieves').—A fraudulent horse-dealer.

1825. Modern Flash Dict., s.v.

1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Inglers. Horse-dealers who cheat those that deal with them.

Ingotted, adj. (common).—Rich; warm (q.v.). For synonyms see well-ballasted.

1864. E. Yates, Broken to Harness, xvii. p. 168. (1873). They are a tremendously well-timed set at Schröders; and he's safe to ask no women who are not enormously ingotted.

Iniquity Office, subs. (American).—A registry office. [A play upon 'inquiry' office].

Ingun. To get up one's Ingun, verb. phr. (American).—To get angry; to turn savage.

Ink. To sling ink, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To make a business of writing. See Ink-slinger.

Inkhorn (or Ink-pot) adj. (obsolete).—Pedantic; dry; smelling of the lamp.

1579. Churchyard, Choice, sig. Ee 1. As Ynkehorne termes smell of the schoole sometyme.

1592. Nashe, Summer's Last Will, [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874), viii, 70]. Men that, removed from their ink-horn terms, Bring forth no action worthy of their bread.

Inkle, verb. (American thieves').—To warn; to give notice; to hint at; to disclose.

1340-50. Alesaunder of Macedoine [E.E.T.S.] i. 615. A brem brasen borde bringes he soone, Imped in iuory, too incle the truthe, With good siluer & golde gailich atired.

Inkle-Weaver, subs. (old).—A close companion; a chum (q.v.).

1725. New Cant. Dict. s.v. Inkle As great as two inkle-weavers, or As great as Cup and Can.

1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue.

Ink-Slinger, (Inkspiller or Ink-*waster), subs. (common).—1. A journalist or author: a brother of the quill: generally in contempt of a raw hand. Fr. un marchand de lignes. See Ink.

1888. Texas Siftings, Oct. 13. 'Who's a big gun? You don't consider that insignificant ink-slinger across the way a big gun, do you?'

1888. Illustrated Bits, 14 April. But, helas! I am but a poor ink-*slinger.

1892. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads, p. 69. The Ink-spiller's slate.

1894. Tit Bits, 7 April, p. 7, col. 3. You insulting ink-waster!

Ink-Slinging, subs. (common). Writing for the press. Fr. scribouillage.

1892. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads, p. 91. Wot with ink-slinging, hart, and all that.

Inky, adj. (tailors'). Used evasively: e.g. of a question to which a direct answer is undesirable or inconvenient.

Inlaid (or Well-Inlaid), adv. (old).—In easy circumstances; with well-lined pockets; warm (q.v.).