hirslev.
/ˈhəːs(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈhərs(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈhɪrs(ə)l/ Scottish and northern dialect.
1. intransitive. To move or slide with grazing or friction. Also to hirstle one's way.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with friction
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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. x. 87 On blind stanis and rolkis hirssillit we.
1756 M. Calderwood Journey in Eng. & Low Countries (1842) 159 A very droll machine..just the body of a coach hirsleing on its bare doup, and drawn by one horse yoked with ropes.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) One hirsills doun a hill, when..he, to prevent giddiness, moves downward sitting.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 106 So he sat himsell doun and hirselled doun into the glen.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words ‘Hirsel alang’—move along the seat.
1898 N.E.D. at Hirsle Mod. Sc. Hirsle yont!
2. transitive. To move (something) with much friction or effort.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > cause to move with friction
harlc1290
hirsle1711
scrape1871
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > with much friction or effort
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1711 A. Ramsay Elegy Maggy Johnstoun 62 I hirsl'd up my dizzy pow, Frae 'mang the corn.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 152 We are hirsled over moss and moor..as the devil drives.
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