dirl
Scots
Verb
dirl (third-person singular simple present dirls, present participle dirlin, simple past dirlt, past participle dirlt)
- To vibrate or shake.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- Conviction of sin held him like a vice: he saw the lassie's death laid at his door; her face haunted him by day and night, and the word of the Lord dirled in his ears, telling of wrath and punishment.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- To tingle.
- To pierce; to stab.
- To feel a pang of emotion.
- To tremble.
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