dirl

American  

[dirl, durl] / dɪrl, dɜrl /

verb (used without object)

Scot.

1. to vibrate; shake.

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Etymology

Origin of dirl

First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill ¹

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Example Sentences

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dirl

You don’t deserve anything from me, for a ruder ’ittle dirl than you were yesterday to poor Bo-peep could not have been found in the length and breadth of England.”

From The School Queens by L. T. Meade

"I don't know," Maymie said—"only ist make A little dirl, like me!"

From A Child-World by James Whitcomb Riley

Does a dowg pay for a sheep's heid when he gangs oot o' the butcher's shop wi' yin atween his teeth, an' a twa-pund wecht playin' dirl on his hench-bane?

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The Acharacle piper was a fine specimen of the Celt, and his get-up was glorious: "He screwed his pipes and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl."

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

“Mamma, dis little dirl is Nan; de boy is named Harry; he is Nan’s bruver, and dose big dirls is Ethel and Blanche; dey’s Nan’s and Harry’s big sisters.”

From Mildred's New Daughter by Martha Finley

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