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Spin, as a floating log
Answer for the clue "Spin, as a floating log ", 4 letters:
birl
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Word definitions in WordNet
v. cause a floating log to rotate by treading [syn: birle ] cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl , spin , twirl ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Birl \Birl\, v. t. & i. [AS. byrlian. [root]92.] To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse. [Obs. or Dial.] --Skelton.
Usage examples of birl.
A chaise to Yonderdale, which is somewhere up in the Cheviot hills, an hour with her ladyship, and then I can birl home with an easy mind.