wharl2 (hwarl)

i. [A var. of whirl, used in sense of whir, i. e. roll; cf. bur2.] To speak with the uvular utterance of ther; be unable to pronounce r. All that are born therein [Car let on] have a harsh and rattling kind of uttering their words with much difficulty and wharling in their throat. Fuller , Worthies, II. 225. wharl2 (hwärl), n. [ tation. The natives of this Country [North umber land] of the antient original Race or Families are distinguished by a Shibboleth upon their Tongues in pronouncing the Letter R, which they can not utter without a hollow Jarring in the Throat, by which they are as plainly known as a Foreigner is by pronouncing the Th.: this they call the North umber land R or Wharle ; and the Natives value themselves upon that Imperfection, because, forsooth, it shows the Antiquity of their Blood. Defoe , Tour thro' Great Britain, iii. 233. ( Davies .) wharlet, n. A dialectal variant of quarrel2 . With alb laster is also amyt full streght, Whappet in wharles , whellit the pepull. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4743. wharp (hwarp), n. [An erroneous form of warp .] Same as trent - sand . [Local.] wharrow-spindle (hwar'ō-spindl), n. In her ., a spindle represented with a small handle at the top, projecting at right angles as if intended to whirl the spindle by. Berry .