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▪ I. dirl, v. Sc. and north. dial.
[Allied to Sc. thirl to pierce, to thrill, and to drill. It is not a simple phonetic development of thirl, since th does not become d in the north; but it seems to be due to some onomatopœic modification.]
1. trans. To pierce, to thrill; to cause to vibrate, cause a thrilling sensation in by a sharp blow.
1513[see dirling vbl. n. below]. 1568Bannatyne MS. in Sibbald Chron. Scot. Poetry (1802) III. 236 (Jam.) Young Pirance..Was dirlit with lufe of fair Meridiane. 1826T. Wilson Pitman's Pay (1872) 8 (Northumb. Gloss.) Thy tongue..dirls my lug like wor smith's hammer. 1837Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 23 But she, alas! my heartstrings dirls. 1871P. H. Waddell Psalms 4 Horns o' the siller..dirlin the lug an' wauk'nin the heart. 1892Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., To ‘dirl the elbow’ is to strike the sensitive bone of that part—the ‘funny bone’, as it is called.
2. intr. To vibrate as when pierced or sharply struck, or in response to sound; to have a thrilling sensation, to tingle.
1715Ramsay Christ's Kirk ii. 7 Meg Wallet wi' her pinky een Gart Lawrie's heart-strings dirle. 1790Burns Tam o' Shanter 124 He screw d the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. a1835Hogg Ringan & May 38 Though..the merle gar all the greenwood dirl. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Dirl, to tingle, or thrill with pain, the sensation being the result of a blow or other violence. 1884Nugæ Eccles. I. 26 When I smash the table till it dirls.
b. To produce a vibrating sound; to ring.
1823Galt R. Gilhaize I. 131 (Jam.) Twisting a rope of straw round his horse's feet, that they might not dirl or make a din on the stones. 1892Northumbld. Gloss., Dirl, to produce a deafening or a painful vibration. ‘Hear hoo the win's dorlin’.
Hence ˈdirling vbl. n.
1513Douglas æneis xii. vii. 97 The pane vanyst als clene..as thocht it had bene Bot a dyrling or a litill stond. 1810Cromek Nithsdale Song App. 334 (Jam.) [The Brownie] keeping the servants awake at nights with the noisy dirling of its elfin flail.
▪ II. dirl, n. Sc. and north. dial.
[f. dirl v.]
A thrill or vibration, with or without sound; a thrilling effect or sensation; a tremulous sound.
1785Burns Death & Doctor Hornbook xvi, It just play'd dirl on the bane, But did nae mair. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xvii, ‘A'body has a conscience..I think mine's as weel out o' the gate as maist folk's are; and yet it's just like the noop of my elbow, it whiles gets a bit dirl on a corner.’ 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. vi. iii. (1848) 330 Successive simultaneous dirl of thirty-thousand muskets shouldered. 1862A. Hislop Prov. Scot. 18 An elbuck dirl will lang play thirl. 1878Cumbld. Gloss., Dirl, a tremulous sound. |