Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Inkle

Inkle , noun

[Probablythe same word as lingle, the first l being mistaken for the definite article in French. See Lingle.]

A kind of tape or braid. — Shakespeare

Inkle , transitive verb

[Old English inklen to hint; compare Danish ymte to whisper.]

To guess. [Provincial English]
She inkled what it was. — R. D. Blackmore