skirl
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Is skirl a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (Scotland, Northern England) To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.Examples: "Come here, or stay where ye are, and skirl as loud ye can — it's a' ye're gude for — l say, ye auld deevil, skirl — skirl — louder — louder, woman — gar the gentles hear ye in the ha' — I have heard ye as far off as the Bass for a less matter."; "1829, James Hogg (as the Ettrick Shepherd), The p and the q, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 26, page 693, He gloom'd and he skirl'd, and, when in hard case, / He whiles gae his mother a yerk on the face;"; "Drums began to thump in a variety of rhythms. The flautists were not sure what to play. The shawm began to skirl."Northern-EnglandScotland
noun (English)
1. (Scotland, Northern England) A shrill sound, as of bagpipes.Examples: "To a resounding wail headed by the King-Kong skirl, all gangs joined in hauling in the net."; "'Have we found a son only to lose him?' she cried, 'And what for? For the skirl of the pipes, is it?[…]'"; "2006 [Bantam], Nick Drake, Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead, 2011, Black Swan, page 191, The last servants and late officials hurried into their places, the guards took their positions, and then, with a beating of the drums and a skirl of reed pipes, the whole group made its way back across the courtyard and up the stairs to the Window of Appearances between the palace and the Great Temple."Northern-EnglandScotland
Definition source: Wiktionary