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Thirled

Thirl \Thirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirling.] [See Thrill.] To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill. [Obs. or Prov.]

That with a spear was thirled his breast bone.
--Chaucer.

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thirled

vb. (en-past of: thirl)

Usage examples of "thirled".

Or were they so thirled to their evil-doing that his appeals were no more than an idle wind?

Some old devilry of the heathen has lingered in that place, and the soul of my miserable parish is thirled to it.

At Minster Lovell there was one household thirled above all others to the wicked lord.