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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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birl
verb
to whirl or turn around; spin:
We’ll birl him over.
[We’ll turn him over.]
la18-
.
etymology:
Scots; probably onomatopoeic; attested by
SS
,
ET
and
DW
in
DC