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Birl

verb
1.
Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.  Synonym: birle.
2.
Cause to spin.  Synonyms: spin, twirl, whirl.






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"Birl" Quotes from Famous Books



... Back-cast, back-stroke. Baith, both. Bang, to beat. Bannock, a scone. Bawbee, a halfpenny. Beild, shelter. Bein, bien, well provided. Belive, directly. Bide, to wait, to suffer. "Bide a blink," stay a minute. Birky, a lively young fellow. Birl, to toss, to drink. Bleeze, a blaze; also, to brag, to talk ostentatiously. Blithe, happy. Blude, bluid, blood. Boddle, a small copper coin. Branks, a kind of bridle. Braw, fine, brave. Brawly, cleverly. Braws, fine clothes. Breeks, breeches. ...
— Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott

... lad o' sense, Although he had na mony pence; And took young Jenny to the spence, Wi' her to crack a wee. Now Johnnie was a clever chiel', And here his suit he press'd sae weel That Jenny's heart grew saft as jeel, And she birl'd her bawbee.[99] ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various



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