thirl.
A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
Meaning & usage
A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
A short communication between adits in a mine.
A long adit in a coalpit.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English thirl, thiril, from Old English þyrel (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilą (“hole, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷelo- which is *tr̥h₂kʷe + *-lo, from *terh₂-. Related to thrill, drill. By surface analysis, through + -le.
To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), from the noun (see above). Doublet of thrill.
To throw (a projectile).
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of throw + hurl.
To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.
Where this word comes from
Dialectal alteration of thrall.
A thrall.
Where this word comes from
Dialectal alteration of thrall.
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