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▪ I. † shirl, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. shirl a.; cf. skirl n.]
A shrill cry.
1598Queen Elizabeth tr. Plutarch iii. 21 Lest stranger..shirles might heare that maiden gaue for Skourge.
▪ II. shirl, a. and adv. Obs. exc. dial.|ʃɜːl|
Forms: 4 schirlle, 5–6 schyrle, 6 shirle, shyrle, (compar. shirler, superl. shirllest), 6, 9 dial. shirl.
[Metathetic form of shrill a.]
A. adj.
1. = shrill a. Obs. exc. dial.
1418–20J. Page Siege of Rouen in Hist. Coll. Citizen Lond. (Camden) 45 With that they cryde alle ‘Nowe welle’, Al so schyrle as any belle. 1530Palsgr. 726/1, I sownde schyrle, as a mannes or womannes voice that crieth lowd, je clicque. c1567Abp. Parker Ps. F iij b, Of which instruments some as the harpe were lowde and shirle. 1594Plat Jewell-ho. i. 14 This salt giveth sound.., and without the sounde no mettall will ring in his shirle voyce. 1828[Carr] Craven Gloss. s.v. Her shirl voice rings i my ears. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Shirl, shrill.
†2. Of the hair: Rough. Obs. rare.
1567Golding Ovid's Met. viii. 995 Hir heare was harsh and shirle [Hirtus erat crinis]. Ibid. xv. 235 With shirle thinne heare as whyght as snowe.
†B. adv. Shrilly. Obs.
a1300Leg. Gregory 415 Rede and sing schirlle. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. viii. 45/2 Gods voyce ought to sounde shirler noweadayes in the Gospell, than it did in the Lawe.
▪ III. shirl, v.1 Now dial.|ʃɜːl|
Also 7 shurl, 9 sherl.
[app. an extended form of shear v.: see -le 3.]
trans. To trim with shears, spec. (see quot. 1802–19). Hence ˈshirling vbl. n. Also shirl n., a trimming.
1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2323/4 Stolen..a bright bay Gelding.., his mane shirled half way. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 252/2 Shurling of a Cock, is to trim the ends of his band, or neck feathers. 1775J. Watson Hist. Halifax 546 [Vocab.] Shirl, to cut with shears. 1802–19Rees Cycl., Sherling, or Shirling Lambs, in Rural Economy, the practice of cutting or shearing the short woolly coats or coverings of these young animals in the summer season. 1828[Carr] Craven Gloss. s.v., ‘To shirl a fleece of wool’, to cut off the clotted ends before it be teazed or carded. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Shirlin's, the fleeces of lambs. 1897Leeds Merc. Suppl. 22 May (E.D.D.), Ah doan't want pollin' cloise; Ah nobbut want shirlin. Ibid., Ah've nobbut hed a shirl this time.
▪ IV. shirl, v.2 north.|ʃɜːl|
In 8 shurl.
[App. formed (with frequentative suffix: see -le 3) on a vb. corresponding to G. dial. schurren, schorren, to slide on the ice.]
intr. To slide (see also quot. 1826). Hence ˈshirling vbl. n. Also ˈshirler, one who ‘shirls’; shirl n., a slide.
1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Shurl, to shurl, to slide, as upon ice. North. 1826Southey Let. 25 Jan., Lett. 1856 III. 525 My girls are good shirlers... Shirling is neither sliding nor skating, but a sort of intermediate motion, performed in the common clogs of this country [Cumberland]. 1898Lakeland Words in Penrith Observer 17 May (E.D.D.), Ther's a grand shirl on t' pond.
▪ V. shirl
obs. form of schorl.
1776G. Edwards Elem. Fossilogy 109 Basaltes, or shirl, or cockle. 1789T. Williams Min. Kingd. II. 178 Shirl is a hard and heavy substance, of a shining jet black. |