hirple

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Even most of the natives have stone-bruised feet and "hirple" along as if finishing a six-day walk in "the Garden While we were there a Portuguese man-of-war entered the harbor and there was a great waste of powder both from the forts and the battle-ship.

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  1. To halt; walk as if lame. [Scots.] The hares were hirplin down the furs [furrows]. Burns, Holy Fair. His aged grandmother was wont to hirple out to the Lindsaylands road to meet him on his way home. Quoted in Dr. J. Brown′s Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 333.

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  • Even most of the natives have stone-bruised feet and "hirple" along as if finishing a six-day walk in "the Garden While we were there a Portuguese man-of-war entered the harbor and there was a great waste of powder both from the forts and the battle-ship. —  A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel
  • Gien ye winna muv i' the maitter, we s' manage to hirple (go halting) throu' wantin ye, though, wi' the Lord's help The marquis, who had all this time continued his walk up and down the floor, stood still, raised his head as if about to speak, dropped it again on his chest, strode to the other window, turned, strode back, and said This is a very serious matter It's a' that, my lord," replied Miss Horn You must give me a little time to turn it over," said the marquis Isna twenty year time eneuch, my lord?" —  Malcolm
  • Even most of the natives have stone-bruised feet and "hirple" along as if finishing a six-day walk in "the Garden." —  A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel
  • Give me my staff; I must hirple up that weary hill again, and you, come hither. " —  A Monk of Fife
  • "What gars ye hirple?" —  Alec Forbes of Howglen
 

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