shirr the eggs. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The veil was secured to the hood by a simple shirr string of elastic. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
Then we wouldn't go through a shirr charade of having frankly an address as confusing as the one that Mitt Romney gave today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2007] Reference
The asylums, such as they were, were filled with those whose minds in the ghastly loneliness of the desert had been torn and turned and twisted by the incessant whirl and shirr and swish and force of the pitiless winds. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of the Wind] Reference
We pulled into the parking lot with a shirr of tires over sand, cut the engine, and while the engine ticked and the offshore breeze rattled the palms behind us, we drank our coffee, looked through the windshield at the beach, and tried to get stoked. From Wordnik.com. [Kook] Reference
Here have I heard all their chat just now, and the white whale -- shirr! shirr!. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
This gives you a resource to run to if you don't know how to shirr or create a button hole. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to M&S selling extra-big school uniforms for obese children] Reference
Plus Timmy already has the stuff to fight his depression issues. or Harden, or Dook-shirr-err-err. From Wordnik.com. [McCovey Chronicles] Reference
The trees on the hills behind the Castle were bending and bowing; and not merely around the boat, but far as could be seen the surface of the ancient channel was a-shirr and a-shatter under beating of advance gusts. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 01] Reference
The way they shirr that calico arrangement around their back door, has long been my admiration. ". From Wordnik.com. [Patty's Summer Days] Reference
Poach - pochieren roast - rösten shirr (AE) - pochieren steam - dämpfen stew - schmoren (dämpfen, dünsten). From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: COOKING TERMS.] Reference
Raederle, watch - ing the black wings shirr the blue-grey twilight, said, "Someone should go to Caithnard to tell Rood. From Wordnik.com. [Heir of Sea and Fire]
Here have I heard all their chat just now, and the white whale — shirr! shirr! — but spoken of once! and only this evening — it makes me ingle all over like my tambourine — that anaconda of an old man swore ‘em in to hunt him!. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
I always wondered what shirr meant. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: COOKING TERMS.] Reference
All for good reasons i em shirr. From Wordnik.com. [CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries] Reference
White squalls? white whale, shirr! shirr!. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
Pochieren - poach shirr. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: COOKING TERMS.] Reference
As to "shirr"; looking at recipes, it seems distinct from "poach". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: COOKING TERMS.] Reference
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