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birl

  [burl]
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–verb (used with object)
1. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it.
2. British. to spin or cause to rotate.
–verb (used without object)
3. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly by treading on it.
4. British.
a. to move or rotate rapidly.
b. Informal. to spend money freely.
c. Informal. to gamble.
–noun
5. British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
Origin:
1715–25; perh. b. birr 1 and whirl, influenced, in some senses, by birle

Related forms:
birler, noun
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birl   (bûrl)   
v.   birled, birl·ing, birls

v.   tr.
To cause (a floating log) to spin rapidly by rotating with the feet.
v.   intr.
  1. To participate in birling.
  2. To spin.
n.  A whirring noise; a hum.

[Blend of birr1 and whirl.]
birl'er n.
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Birl

Birl\, v. t. & i. To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

Birl

Birl\, v. t. & i. [AS. byrlian. [root]92.] To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse. [Obs. or Dial.] --Skelton.
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