sb. U.S. Also quirl. [? var. of CURL, or a. G. querl, quirl from MHG. twirl TWIRL.] A curl, twist, twirl.
1880. in Webster, Suppl.
1883. Helen Hunt Jackson, in Century Mag., Dec., 201/1. The forms are grotesque beyond comparison: twists, querls, contortions.
1885. B. Phillips, in Harper’s Mag., LXX. 219/1. The crooks and querls of the branches on the floor.
So Quorl v., to twirl, coil, etc. (Knowles, 1835).
