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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈwɜːliː/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wurly.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈwɝli/|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɜː(ɹ)liː|s=2}}
* {{homophones|en|wurley}}
* {{hyphenation|en|wur|ly}}

===Etymology 1===
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====Adjective====
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# {{lb|en|Northern England|_|([[Yorkshire]])|Scotland}} Of an object: [[derisorily]] [[small]], [[tiny]]; of a person: [[puny]], [[stunted#Adjective|stunted]].
#* {{RQ:Dictionary of the Scottish Language|title=Supplement|entry=Wurlie|smallcaps=on|page=700|column=2|passage='''{{smallcaps|Wurlie}}''', 1. Contemptibly puny, or small in size; as "a '''''wurlie''''' bodie," an ill-grown person, Fife, Loth.|en=1|brackets=on}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:James Ballantine|chapter=The Wee Raggit Laddie|editors=[John D. Carrick, Alexander Rodger, and David Robertson]|title=Whistle-binkie or The Piper of the Party: Being a Collection of Songs for the Social Circle|edition=new|location=Glasgow|publisher=David Robertson & Co.|year=1856|year_published=1873|section=stanza 2|page=158|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=aaE_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158|oclc=894202707|passage=Thy wee roun' pate sae black and curly, / Thy twa bare feet, sae stoure an' burly, / The biting frost, though snell an' surly / An' sair to bide, / Is scouted by thee, thou hardy '''wurly''', / Wi' sturdy pride.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=C. Clough Robinson|chapter=Wurly|title=A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire; wth Others Peculiar to Lower Nidderdale. To which is Prefixed an Outline Grammar of the Mid-Yorkshire Dialect|series=Series C (Original Glossaries, and Glossaries with Fresh Additions)|seriesvolume=V|location=London|publisher=Published for the {{w|English Dialect Society}} by [[w:Nicholas Trübner|Trübner & Co.]], 57 & 59, {{w|Ludgate Hill}}|year=1876|page=158|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=34hHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA158|column=2|oclc=458063535|passage='''Wurly''' [wur·li], adj. A very small portion of anything is of a '''''wurly''''' size; gen. 'What a '''''wurly''''' bit o' bread, and nought on 't!'{{nb...}}, ''i.e.'' no butter, or anything on. The ''r'' is often strongly trilled in this word.|brackets=on}}
#* {{RQ:English Dialect Dictionary|entry=WIRL|pos=sb|page=515|column=1|passage=''WIRL'', ''sb.'' Sc. Yks. {{...}} A small and harsh-featured person; an ill-grown child; a stunted animal. {{...}} Hence (1) '''''Wirly''''', ''adj.'' puny, small; (2) '''''Wirly'''-bit'', ''sb.'' a short time; a little way; a small portion. (1) Sc. There's nae a pilchard in my creel, Nor '''wurlie''' sprat&nbsp;… They're firm and fat (Jam.).|brackets=on}}
# {{lb|en|Scotland}} [[gnarled#Adjective|gnarled]], [[knotted#Adjective|knotted]]; [[wizened#Adjective|wizened]], [[wrinkled#Adjective|wrinkled]].
#* {{RQ:Dictionary of the Scottish Language|title=Supplement|entry=Wurlie|smallcaps=on|page=700|column=2|passage='''{{smallcaps|Wurlie}}''', {{...}} 2. Rough, knotted; as, "a '''''wurlie''' rung''," a knotted stick, S. It is applied to a stick that is distorted, Lanarks. As this sense, however, is considerably remote from the other, the term may have had a different origin. 3. Wrinkled, applied to a person; as, ''a '''wurly''' body'', Lanarks.|brackets=on}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|en|wirly}}
* {{l|en|wurlie}} {{qualifier|Scotland}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|derisorily small}} {{l|en|dinky}}, {{l|en|petty}}, {{l|en|puny}}; see also [[Thesaurus:small]] or [[Thesaurus:tiny]]
* {{sense|gnarled|knotted}} {{l|en|gnarly}}, {{l|en|knobbly}}, {{l|en|knobby}}, {{l|en|knotty}}
* {{sense|wizened|wrinkled}} {{l|en|bewrinkled}}, {{l|en|rugose}}, {{l|en|wrinkly}}; see also [[Thesaurus:wrinkled]]

===Etymology 2===
Variant of {{m|en|wurley}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|chiefly|South|_|Australia}} {{alternative spelling of|en|wurley}}.
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=[[w:Burke and Wills expedition|The Burke and Wills Australian Exploring Expedition]]|magazine=w:The Illustrated London News|location=London|publisher=Printed & published by George C. Leighton, 198 [[w:Strand, London|Strand]]|date=1 February 1862|volume=XL|issue=1129|page=128|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIY-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA128|column=3|oclc=953800630|passage=Poor [[w:William John Wills|[William John] Wills]]'s remains we found lying in the '''wurly''' in which he died, and where [[w:John King (explorer)|[John] King]], after his return from seeking the natives, had buried him with sand and rushes.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Robert Bruce|chapter=The Black Boys’ Ride: A True Story|title=The Dingoes and Other Tales|location=Adelaide, S.A.|publisher=Printed at "[[w:The Advertiser (Adelaide)|Advertiser]]" and "[[w:The Chronicle (South Australia)|Chronicle]]" offices|year=1875|section=stanza 10|page=74|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=DvkpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74|oclc=82518914|passage=And so those boys with stealthy pace / Returned the saddles to their place; / Then to their '''wurly''' quickly hied, / No doubt delighted with their ride.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Maggie Meyer; Joan Small|chapter=Monsters of the Cretaceous|title=Big Foot Adventures Down Under|series=Spirits Alive Series|seriesvolume=1|location=[Gordon, N.S.W.]|publisher=w:Xlibris|year=2012|page=164|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmzsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA164|isbn=978-1-4797-4547-0|passage=Before night fell, they made themselves a shelter like a '''wurly''' by collecting large Wollemi pine fronds from the forest floor, leaning them against each other to make a peaked hut and joining them together with vines. It would offer some protection while they slept.}}