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Viol vs Virl - What's the difference?

viol | virl |

As nouns the difference between viol and virl

is that viol is a viola da gamba, a family of musical instruments that preceded the violin and viola and similar string instruments while virl is ferrule.

As a verb viol

is to play the viol.

viol

English

(wikipedia viol)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A viola da gamba, a family of musical instruments that preceded the violin and viola and similar string instruments
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play the viol.
  • * (Sir Walter Scott)
  • “Keep your gold for those who lack it, mistress,” said Henry, “and do not offer to honest hands the money that is won by violing , and tabouring, and toetripping, and perhaps worse pastimes.
  • * (Thomas Hardy)
  • Through snowy woods and shady / We went to play a tune / To the lonely manor-lady / By the light of the Christmas moon. / We violed till, upward glancing / To where a mirror leaned, / It showed her airily dancing
    ----

    virl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scottish) ferrule