surling

English

Etymology

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Noun

surling (plural surlings)

1. (obsolete) A sour, morose fellow.
   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     And as for theſe ſowr ſurlings, they are to be commended to Sieur Gaulard

References

• “surling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lurings, rulings