单词 | skirl |
释义 | skirln. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. A shrill cry, a shriek; shrill talk. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek squealingc1325 skriking1340 shrikingc1374 shritchingc1374 skrikea1400 blaringc1440 shritch1470 scritchinga1500 shrikea1500 screak1513 skirl1513 wauling1533 wrawling1533 screamingc1540 scritch1548 skreighc1550 shright1558 screech1560 screaking1565 screeching1589 shriek1590 shrill1591 shirl1598 shrieking1602 screama1616 squalling1677 squall1709 squeal1747 skelloch1808 skreighing1816 skirling1820 sharming1823 shriekery1865 squee1938 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. xi. 1 With skirlis and with skrekis thus sche beris. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The botis man..cryit vitht ane skyrl, quod he, i see ane grit schip. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 Mony an unko Skirl and Shout. 1791 A. Wilson Laurel Disputed ii. 19 Her skirle Sets my twa lugs a ringing like a gir'le. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vi. 116 That silly fliskmahoy..has..done naething but laugh and greet, the skirl at the tail o' the guffá, for twa days successfully. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. xi. 306 The skirl of the grey sea-birds. 2. a. A shrill sound, esp. that characteristic of the bagpipe. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments > sound of bagpipe drone1598 skirl1860 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. xv. 238 I hear the skirl of the bagpipes which announces that we are not far from the Highlanders. 1892 J. Barlow Irish Idylls iv. 78 A skirl of vocal music rose up suddenly close by. b. skirl-in-the-pan, something prepared for eating by frying in a pan. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [noun] > cooked food > fried food fry1639 skirl-in-the-pan1816 johnnycake1831 hash cake1868 fry-up1967 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 107 I trow ye dinna get sic a skirl-in-the-pan as that at Niel Blane's. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Skirl-in-the-Pan, 1. The noise made by a frying pan, when butter is put in..2. Transferred to the dish that is prepared in this manner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skirlv.1 Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To scream, shriek, cry out shrilly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek screama1200 shrikec1200 shreamc1230 shritcha1250 scritcha1300 squeala1300 skrike1340 skirlc1400 wrawlc1440 sharmc1485 screak?a1500 shrighta1542 shriek1567 screech1577 waul1601 bawl1605 squall1688 skreigh1718 screel1730 skelloch1808 squalino1810 to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828 rescream1858 c1400 Anturs Arth. 536 Thenne his lemmon on lofte scrilles [v.r. skirles] and scrykes. c1400 Anturs Arth. 619 Ho scrilles [v.r. skrilles] and scrikes. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxiiiiv Whan he was borne towarde his moders Chare he shyrlyd & cryed so feruently. 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Baith Iohine the Ros and thow sall squeill and skirle. 1645 Sir T. Hope in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. I. 131 Quhen I preis to tak any of the barnes in my armes, he skirlis for impatiencie. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 155 He grippet Nelly hard an' fast; Loud skirl'd a' the lasses. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 275 Stay where ye are, and skirl as loud as ye can. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xi. 100 The women-folk fair skirled wi' fear. b. Of the bagpipe (or its music): To produce the shrill sounds by which it is characterized; to sound shrilly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > wind instruments > bagpipe skirl?a1669 ?a1669 R. Sempill Life & Death Piper of Kilbarchan (?1698) (single sheet) He gart his pipe when he did play, Both skirl and skried. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 123 He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iv. 64 The wild and ominous air that was skirling upon the hill-side. c. Of other inanimate things. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > make shrill sound yellOE pipec1275 treblec1425 shrillc1440 squail1526 squeal1600 skirl1827 blat1846 whine1874 whit1899 zing1899 whee1960 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. iv. 60 On the painted board that is skirling and groaning at the door. 1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister I. iii. 33 Blasts from the north..skirled through the manse. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 388 It was comfortable too at meal-times to hear the bacon skirling in the pan. 2. To play the bagpipe. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play bagpipe skirl1828 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch ii. 19 Three fiddlers..and a piper..all skirling, scraping, and bumming away throughither. 1879 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) x. 296 [He] had a sort of piper skirling away in his garden. 3. a. transitive. To sing, utter, play, etc., in loud and shrill tones. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > shrill [verb (transitive)] squeal1675 skirl1787 blat1931 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique squeak1577 tinkle1582 divide1590 shake1611 slur1746 da capo1764 rattlea1766 to run over ——1789 skirl1818 spread?1822 develop1838 arpeggio1864 propose1864 recapitulate1873 jazz1915 lilt1916 jazzify1927 thump1929 schmaltz1936 belt1947 stroke1969 funkify1973 scratch1984 scratch-mix1985 1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 214 O' double verse come gie us four, An' skirl up the Bangor. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 115 If he suld hear her skirling her auld ends o' sangs. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. i. 38 His piper ‘skirling a gathering’. b. To cause (the bagpipe) to sound shrilly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (transitive)] > play bagpipe pipea1387 skirl1885 1885 G. Fraser Poems 219 Pate Clauchan o' this toon, Wha skirled his pipes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skirlv.2 intransitive. To fly with a sweeping or whirling motion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. Geoffry Hamlyn II. xiv. 278 A pretty white curlew skirled over the housetop to settle on the sheep-wash dam. 1869 Daily News 18 Aug. Butterflies white, butterflies blue, are on all sides trooping and skirling in the shine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1513v.1c1400v.21859 |
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