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birling

[ UK /bˈɜːlɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)

How To Use birling In A Sentence

  • I had been dining, and it was Saturday night, and I had ill will to begin to it; however, they got me down to Clerihugh’s, and there we sat birling till I had a fair tappit henn under my belt, and then they persuaded me to draw the paper. Chapter XXXIX
  • One can almost imagine Dan Maskell birling in his grave at this heresy.
  • Flower o’ Scotland was given the kind of revamp that must have had traditionalists birling, and it seemed to sum up everything that the national manager has been seeking from his players: all gusto and passion.
  • ‘Actually,’ she continues before Burns starts birling in his grave, ‘I think he would have been too short for me.’
  • Past players will be welcomed to the ground on Saturday and future stars will cheer from the sidelines, but it is the current crop who hope to have Shankly birling.
  • Clerihugh's, and there we sat birling till I had a fair tappit hen Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02
  • Genoa's most famous son must be birling in his grave.
  • While this was passing, the birling had drawn close to the boat; and Murray, shaking hands with his uncle and aunt, exclaimed to Wallace, "That urchin is such a monopolizer, I see you have not a greeting for anyone else. The Scottish Chiefs
  • Once there, he tried to cool the drink by birling his arms like windmill blades.
  • It was blithe and heartsome to go birling to Skeighan in the train; it was grand to jouk round Barbie on the nichts at e'en! The House with the Green Shutters
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