'Dandled' definitions:

Definition of 'Dandled'

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  • Dandle \Dan"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dandled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dandling.] [Cf. G. d[aum]ndeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten, G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill, dander, to go about idly, to trifly.]
  • 1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. [1913 Webster]
  • Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. --Is.? [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. [1913 Webster]
  • They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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