murl

Scots

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots murle. Of uncertain origin.

Verb

murl (third-person singular simple present murls, present participle murlin, simple past and past participle murlt)

1. to crumble

Noun

murl (plural murls)

1. a crumb

Further reading

• “murl, v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.