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torfle, v. dial.|ˈtɔːf(ə)l|
Also 7–9 -fell, 9 -fil.
[Origin unascertained. Cf. torple.]
intr. To founder, go lame (? obs.); to decline in health, pine away, languish; fig. to lose interest in or draw back from an undertaking.
(Hogg's use of the word is vague.)
1575–6Durham Depos. (Surtees) 285 This deponent..had an ox that torfled. 1818Hogg Brownie of B., etc. II. 149 It was reportit, that there was to be seen every morning at two a clock, a naked woman torfelling on the Alemoor loch, wi' her hands tied behind her back, and a heavy stane at her neck. 1820― Bridal of Polmood viii, I..fleechyt Eleesabett noore to let us torfell in the waretyme of owir raik [in the springtime of our life's journey]. 1825― Q. Hynde i. 439 She saw him swathed in bloody red, And torfell'd on the monster's head. 1876[see torple 2]. |