Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skirl"
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) 1.7 (wn)
skirl
n : the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
v 1: make a shrill, wailing sound, as of bagpipes
2: fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a
dryer, or rising smoke in the wind [syn: {whirl}, {tumble},
{whirl around}]
3: play the bagpipes
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