| 释义 |
▪ I. snurl, n. dial.
Also 9 snirl, snerl, etc.
[Cf. WFlem. snorrelen to snuffle or snort.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs.—0
1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 77 A Snurle, a Pose or Cold in the head... Suff. [Hence in Coles, Kersey, Bailey, etc.]
2. A nostril.
1691Ray N.C. Words 137 Snurles, Nostrils. 1876–in northern glossaries.
▪ II. snurl, v. dial.
Also 9 snirl, snerl.
[Cf. snarl v.1
Some other senses in northern dial. and Sc. are recorded in the Eng. Dial. Dict.]
1. trans. To ruffle or disturb.
1719Ramsay 3rd Answ. Hamilton vii, When northern blasts the ocean snurl.
2. To turn up (the nose) in disdain.
a1833R. Anderson Cumb. Ballads (1881) 138 She snurl'd up her neb. 1873in Swaledale Gloss. 24/1. |