_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._