harl (plural harls)
A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, used in dressing artificial flies.
harl (third-person singular simple present harls, present participle harling, simple past and past participle harled)
(transitive) To surface a building using a slurry of pebbles or stone chips which is then cured using a lime render.
harl (third-person singular simple present harls, present participle harling, simple past and past participle harled)
(transitive, Scotland) To drag along the ground.
(intransitive, Scotland) To drag oneself along.
To troll for fish.
harl (plural harls)
(Scotland) The act of dragging.
A small quantity; a scraping of anything.
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Harl
A male given name
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Source: Wiktionary
Harl, n. Etym: [Cf. OHG. harluf noose, rope; E. hards refuse of flax.]
1. A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.
2. A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies. [Written also herl.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 June 2025
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
