Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirsle
Literary usage of Hirsle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Hi RSI L, hirsle, «. 1. The grazing or rubbing motion of the body in a sitting
or reclining ... hirsle, e. An iron pen, or sort of auger used for boring, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To hirsle yont, to move farther off. ... hirsle, i. An iron pen, or gort of auger
used for boring, ... hirsle. V. HIRST. 3. sen« ^ HIRST or л MILN. ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To move, resting on the hams, S. Ramsay. 2. To graze ; to rub on. Doua. 3.
To hirsle off, is used metaph. as denoting gentle or easy departure by death. ..."
4. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"hirsle, To move about, to shove or hitch. ... his throat had learnt to hirsle."
Ferguson's Poems. ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"... HIRD- SELL, hirsle, s. 1. A multitud..-, • throng, S. /,•/-. ... hirsle, ».
я. 1. To move resting on the hams, ..."
6. Dialect of Craven, in the Westriding of the County of York: With a Copious by William Carr (1828)
"hirsle, To move about, to shove or hitch. ... his throat had learnt to hirsle."
Ferguson's Poems. ..."
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