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- Murkle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1825 ye'r wark, ye dernan murkle, And ly na there in hurkle-durkle. [Orig. obscure. Phs. to be
- Hurkle v.1, n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1720-1934 . hurkle-durkle , (1) n . in phr. in hurkle-durkle , in indolence (Fif. 1825 Jam.); (2) v ., to lie in after peeping greke o' day, In hurkle-durkle Habbie lay . . . Gae tae ye'r wark, ye dernan murkle, And ly nae there in hurkle-durkle. [O.Sc. hurkill , to crouch, from c .1500; Mid.Eng. hurkel
