TIRL
\tˈɜːl], \tˈɜːl], \t_ˈɜː_l]\
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tirl, v.i. (Scot.) to quiver, vibrate: to make a twirling noise.--v.t. to twist: to strip, unroof.--n. a twirl, vibration: a substitute for a trundle or lantern wheel in a mill.--n. TIR'LIE-WHIR'LIE, a whirligig: an ornamental combination of irregular lines.--adj. irregular, twisting. [A variant of twirl.]
By Thomas Davidson
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sir richard blackmore
- An English physician poet; born in Wiltshire about 1650; died 1729. Besides medical works, Scripture paraphrases, satirical verse, he wrote Popian couplets "Prince Arthur, a Heroic Poem"(1695), and voluminous religious epic, "The Creation"(1712), very successful much praised then, but not now read.