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virl Now only Sc.
Forms: α. 5–6 vyroll (5 vyrolfe), virol. β. 5–6 vyral, 6 wyrall, viral(l. γ. 5 vyrille, vyr-, virelle, 6 wirrell, 9 virrel, 8– virl.
[a. OF. virol(e and virelle: see virole, verrel, and ferrule.]
A band of metal, ivory, or bone, placed round the end or some other part of a piece of wood, etc., to keep it from splitting or wearing; a ferrule.
αc1440Promp. Parv. 510/2 Vyrolfe, of a knyfe (K. uirol, P. vyroll.), spirula. c1450Medulla (Cant. MS.), Toius est summitas templi eminens rotunditas, a bolle or a toppe or els a rownde vyrolle. 1530Palsgr. 285/1 Vyroll, uirolle. 1580Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 319 Ane battirt..montit upoun ane auld stok, and hir axtre and quhelis garnysit with foure virols of irn.
β1496Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 289 Item, for iijc nalis to the wyndbandis and the vyralis, iiij s. 1503Ibid. II. 389 Item, for sevin score viralis and diamandis for speris, ilk pece vj d. 1547in N. & Q. 9th Ser. IX. 109/2 Item three staves, every of theym having a picke with two graynes at the nether end and a wyrall of Iron tynned. 1552in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) II. 539 One of the king's canes,..garnished with gold; and having at the end a viral of gold.
γ14..in Wr.-Wülcker 735 Hec spirula, a vyrille. 1482–4Acc. Exch. K.R. 496/28 (Publ. Rec. Off.) Virelles Plates pro diversis poleys. 1483Cath. Angl. 402/1 A vyrelle of a knyfe. 1511Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 272 Foure dusson of wirrellis with diamontis. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, A winsome flute, O' plum-tree made, wi' iv'ry virles round. 1787Burns Brigs Ayr 84 Five taper staves as smooth's a bead, Wi' virls an' whirlygigums at the head. 1813W. Tennant Anster Concert in Life (1861) I. 25 Braw flute, wi' ivory virls, man. 1890Service Notandums 115, I gaed in to Willie Gaud's as I cam bye and got him to put a new virrel on my staff.
transf.1823Galt Gilhaize xii, He walked with slow and tottering steps, wearing a virl of fur round his neck.
Hence virled ppl. a., furnished with a virl or ferrule. Also ˈvirlet, a small virl.
1793Statist. Acc. Scot. IX. 371 The blade is..set in a haft of Tortoise-shell, or stained horn, girt with silver virlets. 1822Galt Sir A. Wylie III. v. 35 An ivory headed cane virled with gold. 1842D. Vedder Poems 227 A staff..Cut frae the gallows wood, Weel virled about wi' murderer's banes. |