tirl

Compare twirl, thirl.

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

tirl (third-person singular simple present tirls, present participle tirling, simple past and past participle tirled)

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

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

tirl (plural tirls)

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

• lirt

Origin uncertain; compare tirr.

• IPA^(key): /tɪrl/

tirl (third-person singular present tirls, present participle tirlin, past tirlt, past participle tirlt)

1. to strip
2. to uncover, remove surface of