thirl
nounEtymology
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.
- inherited from *tr̥h₂kʷelo-✻
- inherited from *þurhil✻
- inherited from thirl
Definitions
A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through
A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
A short communication between adits in a mine.
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A long adit in a coalpit.
To pierce
To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
To drill or bore
To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
To throw (a projectile).
To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
To bind
To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.
- Was everyone nowadays thirled to a formula?
- And there are plenty of people — Labour politicians, for example — who want people to remain thirled to poverty, who do not want them to have any spirit or independence.
A thrall.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for thirl. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA