† birlv.¹

Etymology: Etymology unknown; perhaps two words: with the latter quot. compare pirl v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To prick, pierce, or stab; to cover with punctures.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > prick

prickOE

pointa1425

joba1500

birlc1540

punct1548

nib1558

pounce1570

punge1570

stab1570

reprick1611

jaga1700

barb1803

jab1825

rowel1891

pinprick1909

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxii. 9061 Mony birlt on the brest, & the backe þirlet.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Birled, powldred, or spangled, clauus [1572 clauatus].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

birlv.²

Brit.

/bəːl/, U.S.

/bərl/, Scottish English

/bɪrl/

Etymology: A modern word: apparently onomatopoeic; having probably association with birr, whirr, whirl, hurl, and Scottish dirl, pirl, in all of which there is a reference to vibration or rotation and its sound.

Scottish.

1. intransitive. To move on with rotatory motion, as a rifle bullet; also figurative.

ΚΠ

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 39 (Jam.) Now through the air the auld boy birl'd.

2. To revolve or rotate rapidly and with characteristic noise.

ΚΠ

1790 D. Morison Poems 6 The temper pin she gi'es a tirl, An' spins but slow, yet seems to birl.

1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 356 (Jam.) Coming frae the hungry hill, He hears the quernie birlin.

a. transitive. To cause anything to rotate rapidly; to spin (a coin in the air or on the table); hence to toss a coin on the table as one's contribution to a joint fund, to contribute one's share.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > spin > set spinning

to set upa1616

birl1724

pirl1791

1724 A. Ramsay Poems I. 262 Now settled gossies..Did for fresh bickers birle.

1773 R. Fergusson Poems 109 There we adjourn wi' hearty fock To birle our bodles.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 25 I'll pay for another..and then we'll birl our bawbees a' round.

1879 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) (at cited word) Children put half-pence on their fingers to birl them..in the low game of Pitch-and-toss.

b. spec. Among lumbermen: to spin a log in the water while standing on it.

ΚΠ

a1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories i. 7 Suddenly with one accord they commenced to birl the log from left to right.

Derivatives

birler n.²

ΚΠ

a1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories i. 10 The indomitable Darrell still trod the quarter-deck as champion birler for the year.

birling n.²

ΚΠ

1903 S. E. White Forest viii. 96 The birling matches, wherein two men on a single log try to throw each other into the river by treading, squirrel fashion, in faster and faster rotation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	birl
释义	† birlv.¹ Etymology: Etymology unknown; perhaps two words: with the latter quot. compare pirl v. Obsolete. transitive. To prick, pierce, or stab; to cover with punctures. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > prick prickOE pointa1425 joba1500 birlc1540 punct1548 nib1558 pounce1570 punge1570 stab1570 reprick1611 jaga1700 barb1803 jab1825 rowel1891 pinprick1909 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxii. 9061 Mony birlt on the brest, & the backe þirlet. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Birled, powldred, or spangled, clauus [1572 clauatus]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). birlv.² Brit. /bəːl/, U.S. /bərl/, Scottish English /bɪrl/ Etymology: A modern word: apparently onomatopoeic; having probably association with birr, whirr, whirl, hurl, and Scottish dirl, pirl, in all of which there is a reference to vibration or rotation and its sound. Scottish. 1. intransitive. To move on with rotatory motion, as a rifle bullet; also figurative. ΚΠ 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 39 (Jam.) Now through the air the auld boy birl'd. 2. To revolve or rotate rapidly and with characteristic noise. ΚΠ 1790 D. Morison Poems 6 The temper pin she gi'es a tirl, An' spins but slow, yet seems to birl. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 356 (Jam.) Coming frae the hungry hill, He hears the quernie birlin. 3. a. transitive. To cause anything to rotate rapidly; to spin (a coin in the air or on the table); hence to toss a coin on the table as one's contribution to a joint fund, to contribute one's share. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > spin > set spinning to set upa1616 birl1724 pirl1791 1724 A. Ramsay Poems I. 262 Now settled gossies..Did for fresh bickers birle. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 109 There we adjourn wi' hearty fock To birle our bodles. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 25 I'll pay for another..and then we'll birl our bawbees a' round. 1879 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) (at cited word) Children put half-pence on their fingers to birl them..in the low game of Pitch-and-toss. b. spec. Among lumbermen: to spin a log in the water while standing on it. ΚΠ a1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories i. 7 Suddenly with one accord they commenced to birl the log from left to right. Derivatives birler n.² ΚΠ a1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories i. 10 The indomitable Darrell still trod the quarter-deck as champion birler for the year. birling n.² ΚΠ 1903 S. E. White Forest viii. 96 The birling matches, wherein two men on a single log try to throw each other into the river by treading, squirrel fashion, in faster and faster rotation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.¹c1540v.²1724
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