Lexicographical Neighbors of Nirlie
Literary usage of Nirlie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"Niggardly ; as, " a nirlie creature ;" Loth. neat, in reference, as it would
seem, to the regular return of rhymes, SA —"He's crack-brained and ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"V. nirlie. NIRL, t. 1. A crumb, a small portion of anything, S. 2. ... Niggardly;
as, "a nirlie creature;" Loth. This might seem allied to Is], ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"A species of measles, S. which has no appropriate name in E. Montgomerie. nirlie,
adj. 1. ... Niggardly; as, "a nirlie creature,'1 Loth. ..."
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