English Dictionary

birr

/bɜː/

verb

(Scotland) To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work. / (Scotland) To lurch or set to spinning.

The old fan birred loudly in the corner of the room.

意味（1）

(Scotland) To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.

if it is ordained that ye must forget him, ye will banish him from your mind the mair easily that ye ken nae mair o' him than ye do o' the bird that birrs past ye in the wood—that it has a bonny feather in its tail."

意味（2）

(Scotland) To lurch or set to spinning.

His cowt grew reezy, its lang tail 'Twad swash, and lugs wad birr up, At length it cuist him, and did trail Him hame, by fit i'e stirrup,