Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See thirl, thirling.
Wiktionary
- v. obsolete To cut through; to pierce.
- v. mining, obsolete To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A hole; an aperture.
- n. A short communication between adits in a mine.
- n. A long adit in a coalpit.
- v. obsolete To cut through; to pierce.
- v. (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Etymologies
- See thrill. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It means a hole in your wall that you can look through (the literal meaning, in Old English, of eye-thurl is “eye hole”).”
Some words whose meanings have changed without controversy « Motivated Grammar
“Thrull, drill, thrill, thirl, and thurl, are all current elsewhere -- all from Saxon [Greek text].) {82} Of course there should be forty-eight signatures, as appended, doubtless, to the original document.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thurl’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tabacosis, tabanid, tabaret, tabati?re, tabby, tabefaction, tabellary, tabellion, tabernacle, tabernacular, tabescent, tabific and 930 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Zamboni Palin
My imaginary lexicon for future megastar and visionary Zamboni Palin.
strewth, curple, speshly, ugly tree, whupping, nar'n, swain, sneezeweed, sciencey, snarleyyow, jackpudding, squanch and 304 more...
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A Peckerwick of Fiffoldry
fogray, whalesong, solregn, shoecabbage, thorn-bush, thistledown, pomander, thornbush, dreamy duskywing, sedge, unbunting-like, quilp and 119 more...
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Belletristic amusements...
thurl, dulcet, felicity, halcyon, arabesque, alacrity, masque, resplendent, coquettish, salacious, libertine, chaste and 25 more...
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Truly obscure
In the spirit of the "It has a name?" list.
corsned, corrobboree, aqua regis, cliometrics, grobian, pricket, pyewacket, juglandaceous, dwergmal, ballhooter, culacino, calenture and 14 more...
Tweets
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wytukaze To be distinguished from thirl. Jan 11, 2009
sionnach cow's hip-joint. Feb 10, 2008