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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hurkill, Hirkl-, v.1 Also: hurkyll, -ull, hurkl-. [ME. hurkel, hurkle (14th c.).] To draw or be drawn close together; to crouch. Also hurk(il)land, hurklit, ppl. adjs. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 181 (M).
Thy rigbane ratlis, … Thy hanchis hurkillis [B. hirklis] 1513 Doug. x. xii. 97.
A hungry lyon … Hurkylland [L. incumbens] tharon [sc. a deer] 1558-66 Knox I. 73.
We ar … Devouring woulves into sheip skynnes, Hurkland with huides into our neck c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 186.
Thow purehippit vgly averill, With hurkland [M. hurkilland] banis, holkand throw thy hyd a1605 Montg. Flyt. 267 (T).
Hurkland howlat, have at thé! —1567 G. Ball. 105.
Of Agarins quhat tung can tell the tryne, With hurklit hude ouer a weill nureist neck?
