harled

• “In a sense, doubtless, so she was, but the description given by the credulous of how, on her marriage night, Janet Dalrymple was "harled" through the house by evil spirits in such a way as to cause her death shortly afterwards, is slightly at variance with the actual facts.”

  Stories of the Border Marches

• “It is "harled" without and painted white, and is built around three sides of a sunny court.”

  McClure's Magazine December, 1895

• “Scotland "harled") and a roof of small yellowish flagstones, set in”

  The Man from the Clouds

• “The church is of basic design – the tiny, harled building has no belfry – and is surrounded by an old kirkyard.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Dalarossie Church

• “The dacoits were reported to have a few gunshots & to have harled bombs while escaping.”

  A Daring Bank Robbery

• “Externally the building form is largely derived from traditional early Shetland buildings - Lodberries, whose gable ends rise from the sea - and is constructed of traditional materials of harled masonry walls, timber windows and slate pitched roofs.”

  Shetland Museum Wins Top Prize

• “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.”

  Memories and Portraits

• “It was true: the harled walls of this one block were cleaner than the others.”

  Fleshmarket Close

• “Plenty of satellite dishes attached to the harled walls.”

  Fleshmarket Close

• “It's a council-owned property, maybe two or three bedrooms, with grey harled walls and all its windows curtained.”

  Fleshmarket Close

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