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Firtle vs Furtle - What's the difference?

firtle | furtle |

As verbs the difference between firtle and furtle

is that firtle is (cumbrian dialect) to mess around, to waste time while furtle is to gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively.

As a noun furtle is

a cursory examination of the contents or details of something.

firtle

English

Verb

(firtl)
  • (Cumbrian dialect) To mess around, to waste time.
  • :: Stop messing around.

    • References

    * Lakeland Dialect * [http://books.google.com/books?id=UMgqc2AstxkC&pg=PA43&dq=firtle] * [http://books.google.com/books?id=v48SAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA351&dq=firtle] * [http://books.google.com/books?id=ghYtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA358&dq=firtle] * [http://books.google.com/books?id=iEMOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA408&dq=tirtle] * [http://books.google.com/books?id=8WcPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA453&dq=firtle]

    furtle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cursory examination of the contents or details of something.
  • * 2005 , Chloe Richards, Oops! , ISBN 9781857768343, p. 226 (Google preview):
    • Then he looked back at his glossy, had a furtle with something in his pocket, and then looked back at me.
  • * 2008 , , Matter , ISBN 9780316040723, ch. 8 (Google preview):
    • “Let me just have a quick furtle .” He dug his hand elbow-deep into the bag.
  • * 2010 , Stanley Challenger Graham, Stanley's View, Volume 6 , ISBN 9781446188217, (Google preview):
    • It was so unusual that I went for another furtle in the 1881 census to find her family.

    Verb

    (furtl)
  • To gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively.
  • * 2005 , , You Drive Me Crazy , ISBN 9781405523738, (Google preview):
    • A burly mechanic wheeled in a bright yellow battery charger on a trolley, furtled under the bonnet and gave the car the full benefit of its volts.
  • * 2008 , Peter Helton, Rainstone Fall , ISBN 9781569475256, (Google preview):
    • Needham was already half-heartedly furtling about in the kitchen, opening cupboards without bothering to search them, letting his left hand trail over objects as though he was thinking with his fleshy fingers
  • * 2011 , Mark R. Faulkner, Flux , ISBN 9781471049538, p. 4 (Google preview):
    • Furtling amongst the loose change and accumulated junk, he finally found what he was looking for.