lirkn.

Brit.

/ləːk/, U.S.

/lərk/, Scottish English

/lɪrk/

Forms: Also Middle English, 1800s lerk, 1800s lurk.

Scottish and northern dialect.

A fold in the skin; a wrinkle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle

rimpleeOE

rivellingOE

rivelc1325

crow's footc1374

frounce1390

wrinklea1400

frumplec1440

freckle1519

line1538

lirkc1540

shrivel1547

plait1574

furrow1589

trench1594

crowfoot1614

seam1765

thought-line1858

laughter line1867

laugh line1913

smile-line1921

worry lines1972

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3029 Hir forhed [was] full fresshe & fre to be-holde,..Nouþer lynes ne lerkes but full lell streght.

1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. xv Some loo to keep their skins frae lirks.

1737 W. Meston Old Mother Grim's Tales x. 84 The Mare..had no Lirk in all her Leather.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) The child's that fat I can't get dryin' all his lerks.

figurative and in extended use.a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 307 The Lord..who knows how to seek out the Lirks of our Pretences.1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 281 The bought i' the lirk o' the hill.1839 A. Leighton in Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 292/2 Till I some day find her dead body..in the lirk of the hill.1849 Ld. Cockburn Circuit Journeys (1888) 359 A..button..was found twisted in what the witness called ‘a lurk,’ or fold, of the sheet.1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders vi. 63 The..herds' cothouses in the lirks of the hills.

Derivatives

lirk v. to wrinkle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle

frounce1390

shrinka1398

rivel1543

irrugate1566

wrinkle1566

plough1590

wrinklec1590

furrow1597

purse1598

ruge1615

trench1624

lirkc1686

seam1695

line1819

wrink1821

engrain1862

c1686 R. Law Memorialls (1818) 176 It [the elephant] has..a rough tannie skin, and lirking throughout all its body; the trunk of it lirks, and it contracts it, and draws it in..as it pleases.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) The uppers of your boots is all lerked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lirk
释义	lirkn. Brit. /ləːk/, U.S. /lərk/, Scottish English /lɪrk/ Forms: Also Middle English, 1800s lerk, 1800s lurk. Scottish and northern dialect. A fold in the skin; a wrinkle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle rimpleeOE rivellingOE rivelc1325 crow's footc1374 frounce1390 wrinklea1400 frumplec1440 freckle1519 line1538 lirkc1540 shrivel1547 plait1574 furrow1589 trench1594 crowfoot1614 seam1765 thought-line1858 laughter line1867 laugh line1913 smile-line1921 worry lines1972 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3029 Hir forhed [was] full fresshe & fre to be-holde,..Nouþer lynes ne lerkes but full lell streght. 1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. xv Some loo to keep their skins frae lirks. 1737 W. Meston Old Mother Grim's Tales x. 84 The Mare..had no Lirk in all her Leather. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) The child's that fat I can't get dryin' all his lerks. figurative and in extended use.a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 307 The Lord..who knows how to seek out the Lirks of our Pretences.1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 281 The bought i' the lirk o' the hill.1839 A. Leighton in Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 292/2 Till I some day find her dead body..in the lirk of the hill.1849 Ld. Cockburn Circuit Journeys (1888) 359 A..button..was found twisted in what the witness called ‘a lurk,’ or fold, of the sheet.1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders vi. 63 The..herds' cothouses in the lirks of the hills. Derivatives lirk v. to wrinkle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle frounce1390 shrinka1398 rivel1543 irrugate1566 wrinkle1566 plough1590 wrinklec1590 furrow1597 purse1598 ruge1615 trench1624 lirkc1686 seam1695 line1819 wrink1821 engrain1862 c1686 R. Law Memorialls (1818) 176 It [the elephant] has..a rough tannie skin, and lirking throughout all its body; the trunk of it lirks, and it contracts it, and draws it in..as it pleases. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) The uppers of your boots is all lerked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1540
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