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Webster 1913 Edition


Thirl

Thirl

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Thirled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Thirling
.]
[See
Thrill
.]
To bore; to drill or thrill. See
Thrill
.
[Obs. or Prov.]
That with a spear was
thirled
his breast bone.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Thirl

THIRL

,
Verb.
T.
thurl. To bore; to perforate. It is now written drill and thrill. [See these words, and see Nos tril.]