hurly
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Etymology 1[edit]
Compare French hurler (“to howl”). See also hurlyburly.
Noun[edit]
hurly
- (obsolete) noise; confusion; uproar[1]
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- […] that, with the hurly, death itself awakes.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
hurly (plural hurlies)
- (Scotland) A wheelbarrow.
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
terms probably etymologically unrelated
References[edit]
- ^ “hurly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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