Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A vibration.

  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.

Origin

From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, s

From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.

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Forms

plural: tirls
Singulartirl
Pluraltirls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tirednessB2tirelesstirelesslytiresomeB2tissueB1

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