noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A vibration. Scotland, UK, dialectal
2. 2
   A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill. Scotland, UK, dialectal

Verb

1. 1
   To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about. Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
2. 2
   To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking. Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive

   "to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door"

3. 3
   To twist. transitive
4. 4
   To strip; to unroof. transitive

Example

More examples

"to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door"

Etymology

From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.

Related phrases

lantern wheeltrundle wheel

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