nirlsn.

Brit.

/nəːlz/, U.S.

/nərlz/, Scottish English

/nɪrlz/, Irish English

/nəːrlz/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 nirleis, pre-1700 nirrilis, pre-1700 1700s– nirles, pre-1700 1700s– nirls, 1700s nurls, 1900s– nirrels (Shetland), 1900s– njirrels (Shetland), 1900s– norrels (Shetland); Irish English (northern) 1800s nearles, 1800s– nerls, 1900s– gnarls, 1900s– knirls, 1900s– nirls.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English knurls , knurl n.

Etymology: Probably a variant of knurls, plural of knurl n. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare nirl n. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Nirl records the compound nirl-pocks, in the sense ‘chickenpox’, from central and western Scotland in c1900; Conc. Ulster Dict. s.v. Knur also records the compound nerl-pox, in the same sense.

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

With singular or (occasionally) plural agreement. A disease causing a rash of spots or pustules on the skin; esp. measles or chickenpox.

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a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 325 With parles and plurisies opprest, And nipd with nirles.

1637 Breadalbane Coll. Documents & Lett. No. 677 At the tyme ȝe think the nirles is falling vpon him againe.

1638 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 325 On Mononday thy wyfe, hearing of James taiking the nirles, send out Elizabeth Hay.

1706 ‘John Thomson's Man’ Short Surv. Difficulties Married Life 7 She'll make you look as if you were all nipped with the Nirles.

a1709 J. Nimmo Narr. (1889) 79 My child was sick..having a flix, the nirles & kinkhost extreamly.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Nirles In the Nirles, the pimples are distinct and elevated..in the common measles, they are confluent and flat.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 609 Like the measles of this modification they are denominated nirles in some parts of Scotland.

1886 A. Stewart Reminisc. Dunfermline 48 Marigold tea was usually give to children suffering from the ‘nirles’.

1922 Glasgow Herald 25 July 6 The nirles were a form of measles.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Nirls, chicken pox.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 197/2 Knirls,..any disease producing a rash.

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

单词	nirls
释义	nirlsn. Brit. /nəːlz/, U.S. /nərlz/, Scottish English /nɪrlz/, Irish English /nəːrlz/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 nirleis, pre-1700 nirrilis, pre-1700 1700s– nirles, pre-1700 1700s– nirls, 1700s nurls, 1900s– nirrels (Shetland), 1900s– njirrels (Shetland), 1900s– norrels (Shetland); Irish English (northern) 1800s nearles, 1800s– nerls, 1900s– gnarls, 1900s– knirls, 1900s– nirls. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English knurls , knurl n. Etymology: Probably a variant of knurls, plural of knurl n. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare nirl n. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Nirl records the compound nirl-pocks, in the sense ‘chickenpox’, from central and western Scotland in c1900; Conc. Ulster Dict. s.v. Knur also records the compound nerl-pox, in the same sense. Scottish and Irish English (northern). With singular or (occasionally) plural agreement. A disease causing a rash of spots or pustules on the skin; esp. measles or chickenpox. ΚΠ a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 325 With parles and plurisies opprest, And nipd with nirles. 1637 Breadalbane Coll. Documents & Lett. No. 677 At the tyme ȝe think the nirles is falling vpon him againe. 1638 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 325 On Mononday thy wyfe, hearing of James taiking the nirles, send out Elizabeth Hay. 1706 ‘John Thomson's Man’ Short Surv. Difficulties Married Life 7 She'll make you look as if you were all nipped with the Nirles. a1709 J. Nimmo Narr. (1889) 79 My child was sick..having a flix, the nirles & kinkhost extreamly. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Nirles In the Nirles, the pimples are distinct and elevated..in the common measles, they are confluent and flat. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 609 Like the measles of this modification they are denominated nirles in some parts of Scotland. 1886 A. Stewart Reminisc. Dunfermline 48 Marigold tea was usually give to children suffering from the ‘nirles’. 1922 Glasgow Herald 25 July 6 The nirles were a form of measles. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Nirls, chicken pox. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 197/2 Knirls,..any disease producing a rash. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1585
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