Birl vs Pirl - What's the difference?
birl | pirl |
(Scottish) To spin.
* 1893 , , Chapter XXII: Helvoetsluys,
* 1906 , '', reprinted in 1958, ''Para Handy Tales ,
To cause a floating log to rotate by treading on it.
* 1903 April, , Volume 20,
(music, bagpipes) A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound.
As verbs the difference between birl and pirl
is that birl is (scottish) to spin or birl can be while pirl is to twist or wind, especially into a cord or braid etc.As nouns the difference between birl and pirl
is that birl is (music|bagpipes) a type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-a and low-g several times, producing a low rippling sound [http://wwwmcnabbsorg/andrew/comments/pipemusic/ wwwmcnabbsorg - introduction to bagpipe music] while pirl is a ripple; a twist or curl.birl
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Verb
(en verb)- About nine in the morning, in a burst of wintry sun between two squalls of hail, I had my first look of Holland - a line of windmills birling in the breeze.
- "I'll maybe no trouble you long, boys," he moaned lugubriously. "My heid's birling roond that fast that I canna even mind my own name two meenutes."
- "That's nothing!" my companion repressed me, "anybody can birl a log. Watch this."
- Roaring Dick for the first time unfolded his arms. With some appearance of caution he balanced his unstable footing into absolute immobility. Then he turned a somersault.
Noun
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