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harl
I. verb
or harle \ˈ(h)ärl, ˈ(h)ȧl\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English harlen to drag
transitive verb
1. dialect Britain : to drag, scrape, or pull (an object) usually along the ground
2. chiefly Scotland : to plaster (a surface) with roughcast
< the harled walls with which for many generations the Scots had finished their houses — Ian Finlay >
intransitive verb
chiefly Britain : to troll for fish
< harling for spring salmon — Atlantic >
II. noun
or harle \ˈhȧl\
(-s)
Britain : roughcast wall facing
III. \ˈ(h)ärl, ˈ(h)ȧl\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English harlen to entangle
dialect England
1. : to snarl up : entangle
2. or harle : to thread one leg of (a dead rabbit) through the other for ease in carrying
IV. noun
(-s)
dialect England : a tangled mass : snarl
V. \ˈhärl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English herle, probably from Middle Low German herle, harle
1. or harle : a fiber in a stalk of flax or hemp
2. : herl |