| 单词 | to warsle out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto warsle out of —— to warsle out of —— Now rare. ΚΠ 1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales I. 289 I'm sair cheatit gin some o' your warstlers dinna warstle you out o' ony bit virtue..that ye hae. 2. a. transitive. To extract (something) from with difficulty or after a struggle. ΚΠ 1872 W. Philip It'll a' come Richt xv Bit I'll close wi' him [sc. the Devil], an' warstle them oot o' his grip, and hurl him back tae his ain howff. 1931 Teesdale Mercury 17 June 3/4 Aye, Penny'll gie tha a penn'orth—an' n'ya mair thou winnut warsle oot o' Penny. 1987 B. Holton tr. S. Nai'an Men o the Mossflow iv, in Edinb. Rev. Feb. 84 Gin A'd kent this place wis here A wadna hae needit tae warsle yon bucktfu o drink out the lad: A cud juist hae come doun here an bocht it! b. intransitive. To extract oneself from with difficulty or after a struggle. ΚΠ 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 231 Holes over my depth, but none but what I might have warsled out of. 1918 J. Ingles Laird 8 But the lest nicht he trampit on't [sc. a watch] Warslin' ooten his claes. < as lemmas |
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