Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Boggled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boggle \Bog"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boggling}.] [ See {Bogle}, n.]
1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in
doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take
alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.
We start and boggle at every unusual appearance.
--Glanvill.
Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose.
--Barrow.
2. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.
3. To play fast and loose; to dissemble. --Howell.
Syn: To doubt; hesitate; shrink; stickle; demur.
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