Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To thrall, bind, or subject; especially, to bind or astrict by the terms of a lease or otherwise: as, lands thirled to a particular mill. See
thirlage . - noun In Scots law, a tract of land the tenants of which were bound to bring all their grain to a certain mill: same as
sucken . - To pierce; bore; perforate; drill.
- To produce, as a hole, by piercing, boring, or drilling.
- Figuratively, to penetrate; pierce, as with some keen emotion; especially, to wound.
- To cause to vibrate, quiver, or tingle; thrill.
- To make a hole, as by piercing or boring.
- To vibrate; quiver; tingle; thrill.
- In coal-mining, to cut away the last web of coal separating two headings or other workings.
- noun A hole; an opening; a place of entrance, as a door or a window.
- noun In coal-mining, a short passage cut for ventilation between two headings; a cross-hole. Also
thirling .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Obs. or Prov. To bore; to drill or thrill. See
thrill .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic or dialectal A
hole ,aperture , especially anostril . - verb obsolete To
throw (a projectile). - verb To
pierce ,perforate ,penetrate . - verb obsolete To
drill orbore .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Old English we don't see evidence of people extending the metaphor of something going through you-like a hole or a thirl-to emotions going through you.
podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history 2009
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Nice to see you both together, as far as the thirl, looks good and happy to see more features added.
WordPress.com News 2009
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The Old English word for "hole" was thirl and a nostril is a "nose hole" or a "nose thirl."
podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history 2009
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Nice to see you both together, as far as the thirl, looks good and happy to see more features added.
Scobleizer 2009
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Third, James Stuart, major-general, and colonel of the thirl j-- first regiment of foot, married Lady Margaret Hume, daughter of Hugh,.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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Tb alio. paffed fome huts, the owners of which n them with roaited potatoes and fugar-canes; b at the very time fome were relieving the thirl and hungry, there were others who endeavour to fleal from them the very things which h been given them.
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [microform]: From ... 1796
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35 Dry multures were a fine, or compensation in money, for not grinding at the mill of the thirl.
The Monastery 2008
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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.
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[Footnote: Dry multures were a fine, or compensation in money, for not grinding at the mill of the thirl.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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Hold you on your talk in Gods name. '"tfr cndlf'tt la [i ihapter of CHAPT.vr. ificfriibiiGk The thirl argttment for Cenfiaftcy, takefifrof?
reesetee commented on the word thirl
1. to pierce or 2. to thrill.
February 16, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word thirl
Man, what great double meaning! I only wish the word were more impressive,
February 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word thirl
True, Abraxas. It is rather unassuming.
February 16, 2007
bilby commented on the word thirl
"The term Thirl originated from the feudal past when a thirl was a body servant, retainer or vassal to a noble or chief." - Wikipedia.
December 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word thirl
I wonder if they were surly thirls.
December 19, 2007
bilby commented on the word thirl
Indeed, the pages of feudal history are littered with peasants who were strong, had marvellous teeth, wore dresses, didn't smile, indulged in Morris dancing and had hair not straight.
They were burly, pearly, girly, surly, whirly, curly thirls.
And stop calling me _____.
December 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word thirl
Were they always on time?
December 19, 2007
rolig commented on the word thirl
So thirls were held in thrall?
December 19, 2007
bilby commented on the word thirl
Go on reesetee, I know something's coming :-7
December 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word thirl
Oh, nothing. I just thought maybe some of the more conscientious ones were early thirls.
December 19, 2007
bilby commented on the word thirl
*deep breath*
Right. The fascinating history of Milling is preposterously peppered with peasants who were strong, had marvellous teeth, wore dresses, didn't smile, indulged in Morris dancing, had hair not straight and got to the office before reesetee in order to snaffle the doughnuts.
They were burly, pearly, girly, surly, whirly, curly, early thirls.
Such thrilling thirls were thoroughly enthralling. Tho thayeth rolig.
December 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word thirl
So, let me see whether I have this right:
The peasants who preposterously peppered the history of Milling were willing thirls who were burly, pearly, girly, surly, whirly, and curly. They were all enthralled, big and small, and crawled before their masters in the manor hall, sometimes stalling to dodge cannon balls. Above all, they refused to forestall breakfast in the dining hall and appeared there early to snaffle the doughnuts.
They were milling's willingly enthralled burly, pearly, girly, surly, whirly, curly, early, big and small manor-hall crawling, sometimes stalling, cannon-ball dodging, dining-hall doughnut eaters.
Some may have been called Shirley.
December 19, 2007
bilby commented on the word thirl
!!!!
Dr Seuss, be very afraid. We're comin' for ya.
December 19, 2007
skipvia commented on the word thirl
I'm completely serious, and don't call me Shirley.
December 19, 2007
sionnach commented on the word thirl
When beaten to the doughnuts by an early thirl, I adopt all the characteristics of a surly churl.
December 19, 2007