squirrv.

Forms: Also squir.

Etymology: variant of skirr v.

transitive. To throw or cast with a rapid whirling or skimming motion. Also with away.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion

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1710 J. Addison 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.

1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋1 I saw him squirr away his Watch a considerable way into the Thames.

1803 R. Couper Tourifications I. 102 I squirred the card into the fire.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) Boys squir pieces of tile or flat stones across ponds or brooks to make what are denominated Ducks and drakes.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Skew'd, or Squirr'd, whirled away; squandered.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	squirr
释义	squirrv. Forms: Also squir. Etymology: variant of skirr v. transitive. To throw or cast with a rapid whirling or skimming motion. Also with away. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion thirl1587 skeer1636 twirl1646 skirra1652 squirr1710 squirry1825 1710 J. Addison 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. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋1 I saw him squirr away his Watch a considerable way into the Thames. 1803 R. Couper Tourifications I. 102 I squirred the card into the fire. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) Boys squir pieces of tile or flat stones across ponds or brooks to make what are denominated Ducks and drakes. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Skew'd, or Squirr'd, whirled away; squandered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1710
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