DANDLE
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Dan"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dandled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dandling (?).] [Cf. G. d&ä;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.
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Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees.
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2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
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They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus.
Addison.
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The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence.
Jeffrey.
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3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.]
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Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued.
Spenser.
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