Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crease; a rumple; a fold.
- To jerk.
- To crease; rumple; cause to hang in loose folds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
jerk . - verb transitive To
crease ;rumple ; cause to hang in loosefolds . - verb intransitive, Scotland To become creased or wrinkled.
- noun transitive A
crease ;rumple ;fold . - noun transitive, Scotland A fold in the skin; a
wrinkle .
Etymologies
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From Middle English lyrken, from Old Norse lerka ("to plait, fold, bind, lace up tightly").
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From Middle English lerke, from the verb. See above.
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Examples
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There he turned to the right up a little burnside which led into a lirk in the hill, such as would on the border have been called a "hope."
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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