“Look – the hydraulic spanner is birling the diver instead of the nut.”

Translate:

birl: revolve rapidly, whirl round.

“Look – the hydraulic spanner is spinning the diver instead of the nut.”

Subtract – puns are allowed – are they?

The Scottish Word: birl with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.