Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. --Is.?
2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy
with; to pet.
They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's
cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. --Addison.
The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops
and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery
eloquence. --Jeffrey.
3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
[Obs.]
Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the
service, as it they would not have the enemy
subdued. --Spenser.