Definitions from Wiktionary (thirl)
▸ noun: (archaic or dialectal) A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
▸ noun: (mining, possibly obsolete) A short communication between adits in a mine.
▸ noun: (mining, possibly obsolete) A long adit in a coalpit.
▸ verb: (transitive, possibly obsolete, puristic) To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
▸ verb: (transitive, mining, obsolete) To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To throw (a projectile).
▸ verb: (historical, transitive) To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
▸ verb: (by extension) To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.
▸ noun: (historical) A thrall.
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▸ noun: (archaic or dialectal) A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
▸ noun: (mining, possibly obsolete) A short communication between adits in a mine.
▸ noun: (mining, possibly obsolete) A long adit in a coalpit.
▸ verb: (transitive, possibly obsolete, puristic) To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
▸ verb: (transitive, mining, obsolete) To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To throw (a projectile).
▸ verb: (historical, transitive) To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
▸ verb: (by extension) To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.
▸ noun: (historical) A thrall.
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