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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024birl (bûrl),USA pronunciation v.t. - Building, Dialect Terms[Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering.]to cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it.
- British Termsto spin or cause to rotate.
v.i. - Dialect Terms, Building[Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering.]to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly by treading on it.
- British Terms
- to move or rotate rapidly.
- [Informal.]to spend money freely.
- [Informal.]to gamble.
n. - British Termsan attempt;
a gamble.
- perh. blend of, blended birr1 and whirl, influenced, in some senses, by birle 1715–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: birl /bɜːl; Scottish: bɪrl/ vb - Scot to spin; twirl
- US Canadian to cause (a floating log) to spin using the feet while standing on it, esp as a sport among lumberjacks
n - a variant spelling of burl2
Etymology: 18th Century: probably imitative and influenced by whirl and hurl burl (bûrl),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- Furniturea dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree;
a wartlike structure sometimes 2 ft. (0.6 m) across and 1 ft. (0.3 m) or more in height, sliced to make veneer.
v.t. - Textilesto remove burls from (cloth) in finishing.
- 1400–50; late Middle English burle Old French; akin to Medieval Latin burla bunch, sheaf, Late Latin burra wool, fluff
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: burl /bɜːl/ n - a small knot or lump in wool
- a roundish warty outgrowth from the trunk, roots, or branches of certain trees
vb - (transitive) to remove the burls from (cloth)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French burle tuft of wool, probably ultimately from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth burl, birl /bɜːl/ n informal - Scot Austral NZ an attempt; try (esp in the phrase give it a burl)
- Austral NZ a ride in a car
Etymology: 20th Century: perhaps from birl1 in the Scot sense: a twist or turn |