gurln.
/ɡəːl/, U.S. /ɡərl/, Scottish English /ɡʌrl/ Now Scottish.
A growl; boisterous or rough weather.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > snarl or growl
snarl1613
growl1727
gurl1755
yirr1825
grumble1840
gnarl1847
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather
weatherc888
unweatherc950
weatheringa1450
rough-weather1833
gurl1880
1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) I. 85 A voice that was rather a gurl, like an old hound gnawing a bone, than a human sound.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 102 Poor starvin' dogs, Glowre fierce, wi' hungry gurle.
1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds iv. 32 He had a pleasure..in gripping me by the coat-neck, and shaking me wi' a gurl.
1880 J. Crawford in D. H. Edwards 100 Mod. Sc. Poets 1st Ser. 325 He's houft till the gurl gaed past.
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gurladj.
Scottish.
Of weather: Boisterous, rough.
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1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 58 For gurll [v.r. gourl] weddir growyt bestis haire.
?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 22 When northren Blasts the Oceans snurl, And gars the Heights and Hows look gurl.
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gurlv.
/ɡəːl/, U.S. /ɡərl/, Scottish English /ɡʌrl/ Now Scottish.† 2. = gurgle v. 2. Obsolete. rare.But perhaps gurled is a misprint for gurgled; if so this is the earliest instance of gurgle v. 2.
1. intransitive. To rumble, growl; (of the wind) to roar, howl.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble
gothelec1290
gurlc1380
bubblea1398
wharc1400
rumblec1450
rolla1522
lumber?1527
jumble1530
thumble1584
humble1617
grumblea1625
strumble1645
growl1744
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > roar or bellow [verb (intransitive)]
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roarOE
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rummish?a1500
rerea1525
hurl1530
whurl1530
bullerc1550
broll1660
gurl1790
snore1823
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 249 As a mete in a man, þat is not defied bifore, makiþ mannis bodi to gurle [v.r. groule].
1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1627) 62 The gurling or rumbling in the belly, and noyse in his guts.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 61 Fearfu' winds loud gurled.
1839 J. Ballantine in Whistle-Binkie 2nd Ser. 90 Whaur the rain fa's in floods, an' the wind gurls chill.
1885 Standard 2 Apr. 5/2 They [sc. otter-dogs] ‘gurl’ and fight amongst themselves.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > bubble or gurgle
blubberc1400
bubblea1475
gurl1635
plash1665
gargle1681
gurgle1713
guggle1755
papple1755
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > irregularly > with a sound
gurl1635
gurgle1713
guggle1755
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 28 The blood that at thy appearing gurled out of this wound, both convicts thee, and requires at my hands Iustice.
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