different between earl vs harl

English

Etymology

From Middle English erle, erl, from Old English eorl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Norse jarl, Old High German and Old Saxon erl), from Proto-Germanic *er?n?, *ar?n? (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (compare Latin orior (“to rise, get up”), Ancient Greek ?????? (órnumi, “to urge, incite”), Avestan ????????????????????????????????????? (?r^?naoⁱti, “to move”), Sanskrit ????? (??óti, “to arise, reach, move, attack”)). Also displaced unrelated but similar ealdorman (“alderman”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ûrl
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)l
• Homophone: URL

Noun

earl (plural earls)

1. (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Arel, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, lare, lear, rale, real

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l

Etymology 1

Cognate with Middle Low German herle, Low German harle, Saterland Frisian harrel (“hemp fibre”).

Noun

harl (plural harls)

1. A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
2. A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, used in dressing artificial flies.
   • 1875, Angling, article in Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th Edition, Volume 2, page 44:

     Should it be desired, however, to run the hackle all over the body, it may be tied on along with the peacock's harls.

Verb

harl (third-person singular simple present harls, present participle harling, simple past and past participle harled)

1. (transitive) To surface a building using a slurry of pebbles or stone chips which is then cured using a lime render.

Etymology 2

Verb

harl (third-person singular simple present harls, present participle harling, simple past and past participle harled)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To drag along the ground.
2. (intransitive, Scotland) To drag oneself along.
3. To troll for fish.

Noun

harl (plural harls)

1. (Scotland) The act of dragging.
2. A small quantity; a scraping of anything.

Anagrams

• Lahr, rhlA