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ˈtirlie, ˈtirly, n. and a. Sc.
[f. tirl n.1, v.3]
A. n.
1. (See quot.)
1882Jamieson's Dict., Tirlie, tirly, s. applied to a waving or ornamental line in scroll-work or carving; also, to the ornament itself.
2. A turnstile.
1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Tirlies, little circular stoppages in pathways which turn round.
B. adj. Full of twirls or whirls, as in tirly-toy, ˈtirlie-ˈwhirlie, a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice: also attrib.
a1807Skinner Misc. Poet. (1809) 183 What can ye be that cou'd employ Your pen in sic a *tirly-toy?
17..Dainty Davie ii. in Herd Coll. (1776) II. 215 It was in and through the window broads, And a' the *tirlie wirlies o'd; The sweetest kiss that e'er I got. 1742Forbes Shop Bill x. in Ajax, etc. (1755) 40, I hae to fit the little girl..Wi' mony a bony tirly wirl about the queets [= ankles]. 1816Scott Antiq. xxi, They hae contrived queer tirlie-wirlie holes, that gang out to the open air, and keep the stair as caller as a kail-blade. 1885‘Strathesk’ More Bits xiv. (ed. 2) 274 Matthew Riddell..sang with a great many ‘tirlywirlies’ and grace-notes the following curling song. |