dirl
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of dirl
First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill 1
Example Sentences
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It just play'd dirl on the bane, rang, bone But did nae mair.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
Ah, Lucky, ye would na hae tholed the dirl o' the dints o' my hammer as she did.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
Her eyes were full of tears, and she looked once or twice at her brother in a way that made his heart dirl and ache; but she seemed to have resigned herself to his direction.
From A Daughter of Fife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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
"Naughty dirl, mamma s'ap!" repeated Robbie, showing with his little hands how mamma would do.
From Little Susy's Little Servants by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss
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