单词 | quirl |
释义 | quirln. U.S. regional (chiefly southern). A coil; a twist or curl, often as decoration. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curled condition or formation > curled thing or part curl?1615 tendril1615 curling1678 quirl1761 pirl1880 squirl1979 1761 Inventory 20 Mar. in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1900) XXIX. 75 An Account of Sundrys Burnt in the Late Fire Belonging to James Lamb..a Quirl of Rope. 1840 H. B. Stowe in Godey's Lady's Bk. Aug. 61/1 Its doors with great wooden quirls over them, its belfry projecting out at the east end, its steeple and bell, all inspired as much sense of the sublime in me as Stratsburg Cathedral itself. 1854 B. F. Taylor January & June 23 [The grape vine's] aspirations were manifested in the display of divers..ringlets, with two or three dainty ‘quirls’ therein. 1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men v. 78 Sally, loading her pie with quirls and flourishes. 1883 Cent. Mag. Dec. 201/1 The forms are grotesque beyond comparison: twists, querls, contortions. 1917 Dial. Notes 4 416 The quorl of sang roots. 1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 55 Quirl, a curl, as on a watermelon vine. A melon is supposed to be nice when the quirl is dead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quirlv. U.S. regional (chiefly southern) 1. intransitive. To coil; to twist, curl. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (intransitive)] > curl locker?c1475 crisp1583 to roll up1658 curl1694 coffer1725 scroll1868 frizzle1886 quirl1944 1823 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Jan. 1/5 More than once I have seen an infant nearly suffocated by a cat quirling upon the face of the little sufferer. 1838 H. B. Stowe Let. Dec. in J. D. Hedrick Harriet Beecher Stowe xii. 123 We have concluded to quirl up a while in our old lair. 1943 R. Chase Jack Tales 115 He querled right up and went hard and fast alseep. 1944 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. ii. 30 Quirl, to curl. ‘Does hit quirl like a pig's tail?’... Common. c1945 M. Thomas in M. B. Montgomery & J. S. Hall Dict. Smoky Mountain Eng. (2004) 139/2 Coil is pronounced coil, quile, or querl to suit the meaning... Corn blades in dry weather querl. 1969 in J. A. Burrison Storytellers: Folktales & Legends from South (1989) iii. 73/1 It looked like a dog, only its body was as long as a rail and its tail was querled over its back and it had a head on it like a bulldog. 2. transitive. To coil or twist (a thing). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (transitive)] > curl crispc1340 curl1562 crimp1708 quirl1840 1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder I. xiii. 206 One of his hands coiled a rope against the Sun, and he called it querling a rope, too, when I asked him what he was about. 1851 E. Bennett League of Miami ii. 13 Her hair of a tow, or flaxen color, was..twisted together, and was then quirled round and fastened on the top by an old three-toothed comb. 1894 M. E. Wilkins Freeman Pembroke 194 She got some paper out of the cupboard, and Ephraim sat down and began quirling it into long spirals. 1910 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 18 Dec. ii. 5/3 Querling his moustache to show that our interview was deceased. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761v.1823 |
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