nirls
/nəːlz/Scottish and Irish English (northern )
noun
With singular or (occasionally) plural concord. A disease causing a rash of spots or pustules on the skin; especially measles or chickenpox.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Alexander Montgomerie (c1550–1598), poet and courtier. Probably a variant of knurls, plural of knurl (although this is first attested slightly later).
- coloratura
- coloratura soprano
- color balance
- colorblock
- colorblocked
- colorblocking
- color book
- color box
- color burst
- color cake
- color card
- color cast
- color cell
- color change
- color changing
- color-changing
- color charge
- color-charged
- color chart
- color chest
- color chord
- color circle
- color-coated
- color commentary
- color commentator