harl

(hirl), v. [Also haurl; pull.} I, trans. 1. To drag upon the ground; drag along with force or violence; trail. [Obsolete or Scotch. ] The hasel & the hag-thorne were harled al samen, With roge raged mo e rayled ay-where. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 744. And harleden heom out of the londe, And with tormens manie huy slowe. MS. Laud, 108, f. 166. (Hall i well.) 2. To entangle; confuse. [Prov. Eng.]—38. To cut a slit in one of the hind legs of (a dead animal), in order to suspend it. [Prov. Eng. ]— 4, To rough-east (a wall) with lime. [Scotch.] Built of stone and rough-cast, harled they called it there. G. Mac Donald, Warlock o’ Glen warlock. We have in Scotland far fewer ancient buildings, above all in country places; and those that we have are all of hewn or harled masonry. R. L. Stevens on, The Foreigner at Home. II, in trans. 1. To be dragged or pulled. [Seotch. ] He... drew a stroke, Till skin in blypes cam hawlin’ Aff’s nieves that night. Burns, Halloween. 2. To trail; drag one’s self. [Scotch.] A pretty enjoyment for me to go away harling here and harling there out o’er the country when I can scarcely put my foot to the ground to cro the room. W. Black, In Far Lochaber, vii. harl (hirl), ». [