ˈworsle, v. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 6 worsill.
[var. of warsle v. Cf. MDu. and Du. worstelen.]
intr. To wrestle. Hence ˈworsler; ˈworsling vbl. n.
| 1513 Douglas æneis iii. iv. 138 Our fallowschip exerce palestrale play,..Nakit worsling and strougling at nyse poynt. 1535 [see warsle v. 1]. 1571 Satir. Poems Reform. xxviii. 43 Be worsling first in faith the feild was myne. 1573 Ibid. xxxix. 350 Then wes he worsland our ane wondie swyre. 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell 12 (Jam.), I cannot expresse what a worsling I finde within mee. Ibid. 1073 (Jam.) We shall worsle with God in prayer that your end may be peace. 1828 Carr Craven Gloss., Worsle, to wrestle, to contend. Worsler, a wrestler. Worsling, wrestling. |