a. Sc. and dial. [f. COGGLE v. + -Y1 Cf. cockly, joggly.] Shaky, unsteady, like anything resting on a rounded base, e.g., a small boat, or a ‘coggle-stone’ when stepped on.
1808. Jamieson, Cogglie, moving from side to side, unsteady as to position, apt to be overset.
1821. Galt, Annals Dalmailing, 193 (Jam.). I thought … that the sure and stedfast earth itself was grown coggly beneath my feet, as I mounted the pulpit.
1829. Blackw. Mag., XXVI. 846. The ships at Anchor in the roads are a’ rather coggly.
1884. Cheshire Gloss., Coggly, easily moved, shaky.
