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thirl
[ thurl ]
verb (used with object)
- to pierce.
- to thrill.
thirl
1/ θɜ˱ô /
verb
- dialect.tr
- to bore or drill
- to thrill
thirl
2/ θɜ˱ô; θɪrl /
verb
- tr to enslave; bind
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of thirl1
Origin of thirl2
Example Sentences
The word thrill arrives from the verb form of an earlier word, thirl — to make a hole, to pierce, to penetrate — with thirl itself tied back to thruh, from which we get through.
The word comes from the English “thirl,†meaning to pierce something with a sharp instrument–to bore it, which is what Pichette and Kordestani were doing to their audience.
Thirl, thėrl, n. a form of thrall.—v.t. to bind or subject.—n.
Thirl′age, a form of servitude by which the grain produced on certain lands had to be ground at a certain mill and a certain proportion paid.
An elbuck dirl will lang play thirl.
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