wurlie
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Is wurlie a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of wurly (“derisorily small”).Examples: "Wurlie, 1. Contemptibly puny, or small in size; as "a wurlie bodie," an ill-grown person, Fife, Loth."; "WIRL, sb. Sc. Yks. […] A small and harsh-featured person; an ill-grown child; a stunted animal. […] Hence (1) Wirly, adj. puny, small; (2) Wirly-bit, sb. a short time; a little way; a small portion. (1) Sc. There's nae a pilchard in my creel, Nor wurlie sprat … They're firm and fat (Jam.)."Synonyms: dinkyScotlandalt-ofalternative
2. (Scotland) gnarled, knotted; wizened, wrinkled.Examples: "Wurlie, […] 2. Rough, knotted; as, "a wurlie rung," a knotted stick, S. It is applied to a stick that is distorted, Lanarks. As this sense, however, is considerably remote from the other, the term may have had a different origin. 3. Wrinkled, applied to a person; as, a wurly body, Lanarks."Synonyms: gnarly, knobbly, knobby, knotty, bewrinkledScotland
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