pirlingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərlɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈpɪrlɪŋ/,

/ˈpɪrlɪn/

Forms: see pirl v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pirl v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < pirl v. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix².

Now rare (Scottish in later use).

†1. That spins, whirls, or revolves. Originally and chiefly in pirling wheel n. a spinning wheel. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1447–8 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1883) App. 353 in Parl. Papers (C. 3773) XXXVII. 1 Et in cordis emptis pro dictis pirlyng wheles x. d.

1543 Privy Purse Expenses Princess Mary (1831) 99 Itm to the Clocke maker bringing a litle pirling whele.

1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 25 Cauld December's pirlin drift Maks Winter fierce an' snell come.

2. Of water, wind, etc.: rippling, swirling. rare after early 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying

pirling1581

eddying1837

swirling1849

swirly1912

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adjective] > rippling

pirling1581

rippling1589

wimpling1721

riffling1754

ripply1775

braided1885

wimpled1909

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 101 Most like a thicke and louring cloud to high Olympus goes. Which in the cleare doth softly wast, when pirling wind doth beate And makes it parte.

1594 M. Drayton Endimion & Phoebe 600 Transforming him into this pirrling Brooke.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 50 Pirhling brooks & gliding streams of holsom water.

1608 H. Youll Canzonets to Three Voyces sig. Bij A pirling brooke whose siluer streames, are beautified by Phoebus beames.

1936 C. MacDonald Echoes of Glen i. 3 On an emerald bank by the side of a pirling burn.

2014 A. Matheson in Lallans 85 114 The poem rins lik a pirlin burn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pirling
释义	pirlingadj. Brit. /ˈpəːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərlɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈpɪrlɪŋ/, /ˈpɪrlɪn/ Forms: see pirl v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pirl v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < pirl v. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix². Now rare (Scottish in later use). †1. That spins, whirls, or revolves. Originally and chiefly in pirling wheel n. a spinning wheel. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1447–8 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1883) App. 353 in Parl. Papers (C. 3773) XXXVII. 1 Et in cordis emptis pro dictis pirlyng wheles x. d. 1543 Privy Purse Expenses Princess Mary (1831) 99 Itm to the Clocke maker bringing a litle pirling whele. 1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 25 Cauld December's pirlin drift Maks Winter fierce an' snell come. 2. Of water, wind, etc.: rippling, swirling. rare after early 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying pirling1581 eddying1837 swirling1849 swirly1912 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adjective] > rippling pirling1581 rippling1589 wimpling1721 riffling1754 ripply1775 braided1885 wimpled1909 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 101 Most like a thicke and louring cloud to high Olympus goes. Which in the cleare doth softly wast, when pirling wind doth beate And makes it parte. 1594 M. Drayton Endimion & Phoebe 600 Transforming him into this pirrling Brooke. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 50 Pirhling brooks & gliding streams of holsom water. 1608 H. Youll Canzonets to Three Voyces sig. Bij A pirling brooke whose siluer streames, are beautified by Phoebus beames. 1936 C. MacDonald Echoes of Glen i. 3 On an emerald bank by the side of a pirling burn. 2014 A. Matheson in Lallans 85 114 The poem rins lik a pirlin burn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1447
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