harl¹ /härl/ or herl /hûrl/

1. A fibre of flax, etc
2. A barb of a feather, esp one used in making an artificial fly for angling
3. Such a fly

harl² /härl/ (Scot)

1. To drag along the ground
2. To roughcast

1. To drag oneself
2. To troll for fish

1. The act of dragging
2. A small quantity, a scraping of anything
3. A haul
4. Roughcast

harˈling noun

• back-cloth
• back-cloths
• back-comb
• back-combed
• back-combing
• back-combs
• back-country
• backcourt
• backcourts
• back-crawl
• back-cross
• back-crossed
• back-crosses
• back-crossing
• back-date
• back-dated
• back-dates
• back-dating
• back door
• backdoor
• back doors
• back down
• backdown
• back-draught
• back-draughts