Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HIG'GLE, v.i. [In Dan. hykler signiles to flatter, fawn, disguise or play the hypocrite; Sw. hyckla, id. In Welsh, hiciaw is to snap, to catch suddenly, to trick, as if allied to hitch. This word may be from the same root as L. cocio. See Huckster.]

1. To carry provisions about and offer them for sale.
2. To chaffer; to be difficult in making a bargain. It argues an ignorant mind, where we have wronged, to higgle and dodge in the amends. Hale.