hurlyn.1
/ˈhəːli/ Commotion, tumult, uproar; strife.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun]
unfritheOE
unpeacea1325
unresta1382
hurling1387
tumult1412
hurlc1440
hurly-burlyc1440
unquietness?c1450
unpeaceableness?c1475
estoure1481
broilery1521
broiling1523
turmoil1526
brulyie1531
unquiet1551
troublesomeness1561
disrest1567
turbulence1598
hurly1600
turbulency1607
inquieta1684
brulyiement1718
agitation1769
dispeace1825
fudder1871
push and shove1895
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]
winOE
torpelness?c1225
disturbance1297
workc1325
disturblingc1330
farec1330
frapec1330
disturbing1340
troublingc1340
blunderc1375
unresta1382
hurling1387
perturbationc1400
turbationc1400
rumblec1405
roara1413
rumourc1425
sturblance1435
troublec1435
stroublance1439
hurlc1440
hurly-burlyc1440
ruffling1440
stourc1440
rumblingc1450
sturbancec1450
unquietness?c1450
conturbationc1470
ruption1483
stir1487
wanrufe?a1505
rangat?a1513
business1514
turmoil1526
blommera1529
blunderinga1529
disturbation1529
bruyllie1535
garboil1543
bruslery1546
agitation1547
frayment1549
turmoiling1550
whirl1552
confusion1555
troublesomeness1561
rule1567
rummage1575
rabble1579
tumult1580
hurlement1585
rabblement1590
disturb1595
welter1596
coil1599
hurly1600
hurry1600
commotion1616
remotion1622
obturbation1623
stirrance1623
tumultuation1631
commoving1647
roiling1647
spudder1650
suffle1650
dissettlement1654
perturbancy1654
fermentationa1661
dissettledness1664
ferment1672
roil1690
hurry-scurry1753
vortex1761
rumpus1768
widdle1789
gilravagea1796
potheration1797
moil1824
festerment1833
burly1835
fidge1886
static1923
comess1944
frammis1946
bassa-bassa1956
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult
brack?c1200
ludea1275
ludingc1275
grede13..
to-doc1330
stevenc1385
ruitc1390
shoutingc1405
rumourc1425
dirdumc1440
shout1487
rippit?1507
glamer?a1513
rangat?a1513
reird?a1513
larumc1515
reirdour1535
uproar1544
clamouring1548
racket1565
baldare1582
rack jack1582
rufflery1582
pother1603
rut1607
clamorousnessa1617
hurricane1639
clutter1656
flaw1676
splutter1677
rout1684
hirdum-dirdum1724
fracas1727
collieshangie1737
racketing1760
hullabaloo1762
hurly1806
bobbery1816
trevally1819
pandemonium1827
hurly-burly1830
outroar1845
on-ding1871
tow-row1877
ruckus1885
molrowing1892
rookus1892
rux1918
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. viii. xxvii. 301 In this hurlie and uprore [L. tumultu].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 189 Amid this hurlie I intend, That all is done in reuerend care of her. View more context for this quotation
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 74 Oft in the hurly of the winter storm.
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 16 Amid the hurly and the din.
1888 Harper's Mag. Jan. 203/1 The wind screamed..Pokeberry squatted ignominiously in the fierce hurly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
hurlyn.2
/ˈhəːli/, U.S. /ˈhərli/, Scottish English /ˈhʌrlɪ/ Scottish and dialect.
A porter's barrow, a hand-cart.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelbarrow or handcart
crowd-wainc1330
wheelbarrowc1340
barrowa1420
crowd-barrowc1440
hollbarowe1453
harry-carry1493
handbarrow1521
drumbler1613
handcart1640
bayard1642
hurlbarrowa1682
go-cart1759
gurry1777
box-barrow1804
truck1815
pushcart1853
hurly1866
flat1884
Georgia buggy1904
trek-cart1928
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 85 Hurly, a large kind of wheelbarrow used by porters.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Hurly..(2) a long, low cart with two wheels.
1892 ‘G. Travers’ Mona Maclean II. xx. 10 Bill had a lot of luggage on a hurley.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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