wharlv.
/hwɑːl/ intransitive. To pronounce the letter r with a burr or guttural sound; = burr v.3 1.
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wharl1634
burr1798
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 37/2 Blaffoorde or warlare, traulus. (P. Traulus peccat in R, peccat in S sidunus.)
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 523/2 Wha[r]lare, in speche.
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xviii. 92 The Tarrenteens, whose Tongues runne so much upon R, that they wharle much in pronunciation.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Wharle, to pronounce the letter r with too much force.
Derivatives
wharl n. = burr n.6
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > liquid > trill > burr
wharling1610
rattle1743
wharl1748
burr1760
whurl1797
birr1837
uvula trill1869
1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) III. 232 The Northumberland R, or Wharle.
ˈwharler n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > liquid > trill > person
wharler1660
1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 109 I have heard from some that were this Country [sc. Leicestershire] men, that it is Breson that is the Town of the Wharlers, and not Carleton.
ˈwharling n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > liquid > trill > burr
wharling1610
rattle1743
wharl1748
burr1760
whurl1797
birr1837
uvula trill1869
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 517 As for Carleton, as one would say, the husband-mens towne,..wherein..all in maner that are borne,..have an ilfavoured, untunable, and harsh maner of speech, fetching their words with very much adoe deepe from out of the throat, with a certaine kind of wharling.
1656 Duchess of Newcastle Natures Pictures 376 Not stuttering, nor wharling in the throat, or speaking through the Nose.
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