murlv.

Brit.

/məːl/, U.S.

/mərl/, Scottish English

/mʌrl/

Forms: 1600s murl, 1600s murle; Scottish pre-1700 1800s– murle, 1800s merle, 1800s– mirl, 1800s– mirle, 1800s– murl.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. N.E.D. (1908) s.v. suggests a connection with merrow adj., while Sc. National Dict. s.v. suggests a frequentative formation < a base cognate with or related to Icelandic mor dust (compare also Scots murr small particle or fragment, morsel (from mid 19th cent.)).

Now Scottish.

1. transitive. To reduce (a thing) to fragments; to cause to crumble or decay. Also figurative. Also with down.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crumble

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a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 20 Thar manhed & þar mensk þusgat þai murle.

1852 G. P. Boyd Misc. Poems 13 [Winter] comes alang, An' murles doon, in waefu' chirps, Ilk warbler's sang.

1897 P. H. Hunter John Armiger's Revenge ii. 27 He didna tak' a subjec' an' mirl it a' down to wee crumbs, that got lost in a body's pooch.

1920 Banffshire Jrnl. 3 Feb. He maybe dis a lot o' gweed, In murlin' clods on rig an' fleed.

2. intransitive. To crumble, break easily into crumbs; to moulder. Also with away, down.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > crumble

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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. i. 424 Ground..which murleth easily in breaking and stirring it with your fingers.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 66 That is founde to doe more harme then goode, for it causeth the waxe to murle.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 73 Some advised to putte 8lb. of pitch to a gallon of tarre but that is thought to make the markinge over brittle and to breake sooner and murle away.

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 50 To Murl; to crumble.

1821 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Apr. 352 Ne'er a throuch-stane marks out whare they're murling wi' their mither clay.

1886 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace 45 They're [sc. pyramids] either murlin' doun to meal Or fog-enwrappit.

1947 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) at Murl The wid wis aa mirlin for want o' paint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murl
释义	murlv. Brit. /məːl/, U.S. /mərl/, Scottish English /mʌrl/ Forms: 1600s murl, 1600s murle; Scottish pre-1700 1800s– murle, 1800s merle, 1800s– mirl, 1800s– mirle, 1800s– murl. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. N.E.D. (1908) s.v. suggests a connection with merrow adj., while Sc. National Dict. s.v. suggests a frequentative formation < a base cognate with or related to Icelandic mor dust (compare also Scots murr small particle or fragment, morsel (from mid 19th cent.)). Now Scottish. 1. transitive. To reduce (a thing) to fragments; to cause to crumble or decay. Also figurative. Also with down. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crumble crumbc1430 offe?1440 undurec1440 crima1450 crumblea1475 murla1525 mool1595 shatter1891 a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 20 Thar manhed & þar mensk þusgat þai murle. 1852 G. P. Boyd Misc. Poems 13 [Winter] comes alang, An' murles doon, in waefu' chirps, Ilk warbler's sang. 1897 P. H. Hunter John Armiger's Revenge ii. 27 He didna tak' a subjec' an' mirl it a' down to wee crumbs, that got lost in a body's pooch. 1920 Banffshire Jrnl. 3 Feb. He maybe dis a lot o' gweed, In murlin' clods on rig an' fleed. 2. intransitive. To crumble, break easily into crumbs; to moulder. Also with away, down. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > crumble grushc1420 crumb1546 crumble1577 shalder1577 murl1600 slack1700 shatter1733 fall1743 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. i. 424 Ground..which murleth easily in breaking and stirring it with your fingers. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 66 That is founde to doe more harme then goode, for it causeth the waxe to murle. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 73 Some advised to putte 8lb. of pitch to a gallon of tarre but that is thought to make the markinge over brittle and to breake sooner and murle away. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 50 To Murl; to crumble. 1821 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Apr. 352 Ne'er a throuch-stane marks out whare they're murling wi' their mither clay. 1886 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace 45 They're [sc. pyramids] either murlin' doun to meal Or fog-enwrappit. 1947 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) at Murl The wid wis aa mirlin for want o' paint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1525
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