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skirl |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skirl \Skirl\, v. t.& i. [Of Scand. origin, and originally the same word as E. shrill.] To utter in a shrill tone; to scream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skirl \Skirl\, n. A shrill cry or sound. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skirl n : the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe v : fly around as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind [syn: {whirl}, {tumble}, {whirl around}]
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