Burled vs Birled - What's the difference?
burled | birled |
(burl)
A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
(birl)
(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 burled and birled
is that burled is (burl) while birled is (birl).burled
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*burl
English
Alternative forms
* burr (UK)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
*birled
English
Verb
(head)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
(en noun)www.mcnabbs.org - Introduction to Bagpipe Music