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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TRILL, v.1 Also treel.
1. As in Eng. dial.: tr. to roll, bowl, trundle (a hoop) (Gsw. 1900 Gsw. Ev. News (21 June 1947)).Slg. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 18:
Play at bools, or treel a girr.
2. intr. To run; to run slowly, esp. of a feeble animal (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1958).Ork. 1929 Old-Lore Misc. ix. ii. 80:
Sheu wad rin trillan efter 'im like a peerie dog.Ork. 1972:
Trill, trill, trill, Twa peerie dogs gaen tae da mill, Tak a lick oot o' ae man's pock, An' a lick oot o' anither man's pock, An' hame again, hame again.
3. To chatter continuously (Ork. 1929 Marw.), poss. a different word.
[Mid.Eng. trille, to spin, roll, trundle. Cf. Norw., Dan. trille, id., from which the Ork. usages are directly derived.]
