▪ I. † ˈurling1 Obs.—1
[See urle v.1 and -ing1; cf. orle.]
The border, hem, or edge of a garment.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxii. 2 Als þe smerle..Þat doune falles in vrlinge [L. in ora] Of him, þat es þe klethinge. |
▪ II. ˈurling2
north. dial. variant of wirling.
| 1691 Ray N.C. Words 78 An Urling, a little dwarfish person. 1807 J. Stagg Poems 91 Thou's a menceless urlin ista. 1824– in Yks. dial. glossaries, etc. 1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 107 He turnt on t'urlin noo at ah still held be t'neck. |