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squirr, v.
Also squir.
[var. of skirr v.]
trans. To throw or cast with a rapid whirling or skimming motion. Also with away.
1710Addison Tatler No. 249 ⁋7 Having taken me [a shilling] in his Hand, and cursed me, he squirred me away from him as far as he could fling me. 1711Budgell Spect. No. 77 ⁋1, I saw him squirr away his Watch a considerable way into the Thames. 1803Couper Tourifications I. 102, I squirred the card into the fire. 1847Halliw. s.v., Boys squir pieces of tile or flat stones across ponds or brooks to make what are denominated Ducks and drakes. 1876Whitby Gloss. 173 Skew'd, or Squirr'd, whirled away; squandered. |