warsle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of warsle
1300–50; Middle English; Old English *wǣrstlian, metathetic variant (compare wǣrstlīc of wrestling) of wrǣstlian to wrestle
Example Sentences
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Would a' the land do this, then I'll be caition, Ye'll soon hae Poets o' the Scottish nation Will gar Fame blaw until her trumpet crack, And warsle Time, an' lay him on his back!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
There were twa brethren in the north, They went to the school thegither; The one unto the other said, ‘Will you try a warsle afore?’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
The warld's wrack we share o't, The warsle and the care o't: Wi' her I'll blithely bear it, And think my lot divine.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Would a’ the land do this, then I’ll be caution Ye’ll soon hae poets o’ the Scottish nation, Will gar fame blaw until her trumpet crack, And warsle time, on’ lay him on his back!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
It was a heart-healing meeting of many of the godly, which he holds weekly in the season; and we had such a warsle of the spirit among us that the like cannot be told.
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by Galt, John
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