thirl

[ thurl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

British Dialect.

to pierce.
to thrill.

thirl

/ θɜː�� /

verb

dialect.
tr
1. to bore or drill
2. to thrill

thirl

/ θɜː��; θɪrl /

verb

tr to enslave; bind

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thirl¹

before 1000; Middle English thirlen, Old English thyrlian, derivative of thyrel hole. See nostril

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thirl¹

Old English thyrelian, from thyrel hole; see nostril

Origin of thirl²

C16: variant of earlier thrill thrall

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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.

From

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.

From

Thirl, thėrl, n. a form of thrall.—v.t. to bind or subject.—n.

From

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.

From

An elbuck dirl will lang play thirl.

From

Third Worlder thirlage

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