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Kirtle vs Firtle - What's the difference?

kirtle | firtle |

As a noun kirtle

is a knee-length tunic.

As a verb firtle is

(cumbrian dialect) to mess around, to waste time.

kirtle

English

(wikipedia kirtle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A knee-length tunic.
  • * 1842 , (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), “”:
    • Her eyes were large, and full of light,
    Her arms and neck were bare;
    No garment she wore save a kirtle bright,
    And her own long, raven hair.

    Anagrams

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    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]