An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 877
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 877
_P. Buch. Dial._
2. To pierce, to penetrate.
_Wyntown._
3. To pierce, to wound.
_Bannatyne P._
A. S. _thirl-ian_, perforare.
_To_ ~Thirl~, _v. a._ To thrill, to cause to vibrate, S.
_Burns._
_To_ ~Thirl~, ~Thirle~, _v. n._ To pa.s.s with a tingling sensation, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ THIRL, _v. a._ To furl.
_Complaynt S._
Teut. _drill-en_, _trill-en_, gyrare, conglomerare.
_To_ THIRL, THIRLL, _v. a._
1. To enslave, to thrall.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
A. S. Isl. _thrael_, a bond-servant.
2. To bind or subject to, S.
_Bar. Courts._
3. To bind, by the terms of a lease, or otherwise, to grind at a certain mill, S.
_Erskine._
~Thirl~, _s._ The term used to denote those lands, the tenants of which are bound to bring all their grain to a certain mill, S.
_Erskine._
~Thirlage~, _s._
1. Thraldom, in a general sense.
_Douglas._
2. Servitude to a particular mill, S.
_Erskine._
~Thirldome~, _s._ Thraldom.
_Barbour._
THO, _adv._ At that time.
_Douglas._
A. S. Isl. _tha_, Su. G. Dan. _da_, tum, tunc.
THO, _p.r.o.n. pl._ These.
_Pal. Hon._
Moes. G. _tho_, nom. and acc. pl. of the article.
THOCHT, THOUCHT, _conj._ Although.
V. ~Allthocht~.
_Wallace._
THOCHTY, _adj._ Thoughtful.
_Wyntown._
THOF, _conj._ Although, Loth.; Provincial E.
_Ferguson._
THOILL, TOLL, _s._ Ancient privilege of a baron; denoting, either an immunity from payment of custom in buying, or the liberty of buying and selling on his own lands.
_Reg. Maj._
_To_ THOLE, THOILL, _v. a._