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单词 skirl
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skirln.

Brit. /skəːl/, U.S. /skərl/, Scottish English /skɪrl/
Forms: Also 1500s skyrl, 1700s skirle.
Etymology: < skirl v.1
Scottish and northern dialect.
1. A shrill cry, a shriek; shrill talk.
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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.
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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.
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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

Brit. /skəːl/, U.S. /skərl/, Scottish English /skɪrl/
Forms: Also Middle English scrille, skrille, 1500s, 1700s skirle, 1500s skyrl, 1700s skerl.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin: the early form skrille corresponds to a Norwegian dialect skrylla, with variants skrella and skrolla in the same sense.
Scottish and northern dialect.
1.
a. intransitive. To scream, shriek, cry out shrilly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

Brit. /skəːl/, U.S. /skərl/
Etymology: Of obscure origin; also current in northern dialect as scurl.
intransitive. To fly with a sweeping or whirling motion.
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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).
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