Birl

Onomatopoeic.

Full definition of birl

Verb

1. (Scottish) To spin.
• 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, , Chapter XXII: Helvoetsluys,About nine in the morning, in a burst of wintry sun between two squalls of hail, I had my first look of Holland - a line of windmills birling in the breeze.
• 1906, Neil Munro (writer), , reprinted in 1958, Para Handy Tales,"I'll maybe no trouble you long, boys," he moaned lugubriously. "My heid's birling roond that fast that I canna even mind my own name two meenutes."
2. To cause a floating log to rotate by treading on it.
• 1903 April, Stewart Edward White, , published in , Volume 20,"That's nothing!" my companion repressed me, "anybody can birl a log. Watch this."Roaring Dick for the first time unfolded his arms. With some appearance of caution he balanced his unstable footing into absolute immobility. Then he turned a somersault.

Noun

1. (music, bagpipes) A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound. www.mcnabbs.org - Introduction to Bagpipe Music

See birle.

Verb

1. Alternative form of birle