Definition of "ingle"

ingle¹

/ˈɪŋɡəl/

noun
plural ingles
1. (obsolete or Scotland) An open fireplace.
  Quotations
  Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely
  1790, Robert Burns, Tam O'Shanter

ingle²

/ˈɪŋɡəl/

noun
plural ingles
1. A catamite; a male lover
  Quotations
  What? shall I have my sonne a stager now? an enghle for players?
  1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, Act I, scene i
  Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle's accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.
  1926, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
  My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles!
  1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 318
verb
third-person singular simple present ingles, present participle ingling, simple past and past participle ingled
1. (obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.
  Quotations
  Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it
  1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […]