surling

noun

surling

noun

Etymology From surly + -ing? Related to surly.

1

Obsolete A sour, morose fellow.

  • And as for theſe ſowr ſurlings, they are to be commended to Sieur Gaulard1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

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