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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhirl(l)and, Quherland, ppl. adj. [Quhirl(l v.; cf. Quhirlling ppl. adj.] a. Of a wheel: Rotating swiftly. Of a chariot: Moving rapidly. b. Flying (? with a spinning motion), hurtling. c. Of water: ? Eddying, swirling. d. ? transf. Rotating or turning round, (hence) constantly changing. —a. 1513 Doug. xii vi 114.
[He] gan stynt hys horssis and his quhirland char Ib. 168.
Quham tho … The quhirland quheill and spedy swyft extre Smate doun to grondb. 1513 Doug. xi xi 69 (Ruddim.).
Knyt vnto this quhirlland [C., E. quhirrand, L. stridente] schaft of tre Ib. x xi 104, xii vi 23 (see Quhirrand ppl. adj.). a1500 Henr. Fab. 911 (Bann.) (see Quhirrand ppl. adj.).c. 1531 Bell. Boece I 147.
Thay war advertist of the dangerus flude rinnand thair, with sa quhirlland and contrarius tide [L. diversis ac contrariis maris] that [etc.]d. 1533 Boece 139b.
For quhirland [L. versatilis] fortune instabill … wald betrais Romanis
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