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单词 to warsle on
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to warsle on
to warsle on
1. intransitive. To continue struggling or making an effort.
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1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xli. 173 Noo that I hae got the better o' the shame,..I maun just warsle on.
1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh xvi. 247 Hoot toots, man, I warstled on for twenty years afore I gat this length.
1899 J. Buchan Grey Weather 185 I had nocht to dae but warstle on wi' nae mair fushion than a kittlin'.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 151/1 Warsle/Warzle/Wezzle/Wizzle, to wrestle, to struggle... ‘Ah warsled on wi' t'hoss fur ower an hower.’ ‘Yĕ mun warsle on ez best yĕ can’—i.e., struggle on with adverse conditions.
1982 D. Fraser in H. Brown Poems Sc. Hills 8 I've settled doun upon the toun; I warsle on wi' thrift.
1999 D. Purves tr. A. Chekhov Thrie Sisters (SCOTS) iv. We maun warsil on, leevin an wurkin!
2. transitive. To put on (a garment, etc.) with difficulty, to struggle to get on. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on > in clumsy or fumbling manner
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1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid i. xx. 130 I..warsled on my claes.
1899 [implied in: Sketch 30 Aug. 244/2 This ‘warsling on’ of his clothes is an operation all the more difficult, as the Kaiser..is practically but a one-armed man. (at warsling at Derivatives)].
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