† burlen.
Obsolete.
Disturbance, confused noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun]
noise?a1400
clattera1500
Babela1529
burlinga1533
burle1563
tintamarre1567
coil1582
flipper-de-flapper1640
clutter1655
Babel sound1710
jargon1711
charivari1735
oratorio?1737
hubbub1779
callithump1843
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > (a) noisy
rippit?1507
hubbleshowa1525
burlinga1533
hubble-shubblec1550
burle1563
coil1567
hirdy-girdy1568
riff-raff1582
rut1607
hubbuba1625
clutter1656
sputter1673
splutter1677
rattle1688
rumpus1745
ree-raw1797
bobbery1816
trevally1819
stramash1821
nitty1822
hell's delight1823
pandemonium1827
oration1828
Bob's-a-dying1829
hubbaboo1830
reerie1832
circus1869
tow-row1877
ruaille buaille1885
brouhaha1890
foofaraw1933
bangarang1943
bassa-bassa1956
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Somerset xxxvii After this burle the kyng was fayne to flee.
a1684 R. Leighton Wks. (1875) VII. 102 The noise of gain makes such a birl in their ears, that there is no remedy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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