单词 | nirled |
释义 | nirledadj. Scottish and Irish English (northern). Shrivelled, shrunken; stunted; frozen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > stunted or underdeveloped wanthriven1508 scrubby1591 unthriven1680 nithered1691 strunty1756 stinted1759 starved1785 nirled1808 scrunty1811 scrawny1883 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles clungc1325 clinkery1398 hirpleda1400 clunged1495 wrinkled?1523 shrivelled1565 rivelled1601 puckered1606 rivelled1627 shrimped1638 truss1674 pursed1676 wizened1728 weazen1765 wizen1786 nirled1808 beshrivelled1821 weazened1842 weazeny1864 concertinaed1880 swivelled1898 scrunty1947 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Add. & Corr. Nirled, stunted; applied to trees. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 476 What skill has he about a nurrill'd stott. 1853–5 Trans. Highl. Soc. 12 None of the leaves attained the height of 6 inches, and the leaves were exceedingly small and ‘knirled’. 1879 J. White Jottings 205 Their gruesome figures, lang and nirl'd. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 22 At lang last the smith grew nirlt An' frail. 1945 Scots Mag. Feb. 378 The Spring o' the Year will thow the nirl't grun. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 197/2 Nurred, nurled, stunted. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1808 |
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