Meaning & use
Birl
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To spin or whirl rapidly, especially a floating log underfoot in the sport of log rolling; chiefly Scottish or North American dialect.
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The lumberjacks competed to birl the log without falling into the river.
The dancers birled around the floor to the fast fiddle music.
A note on using this word
The word survives today mainly in 'birling,' a competitive lumberjack sport in which two competitors try to spin a floating log to knock each other off.
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