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Thirl vs Thill - What's the difference?

thirl | thill |

As nouns the difference between thirl and thill

is that thirl is (archaic|or|dialectal) a hole, aperture, especially a nostril while thill is one of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

As a verb thirl

is to pierce, perforate, penetrate or thirl can be (obsolete) to throw (a projectile).

thirl

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) thirl, thiril, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) A hole, aperture, especially a nostril.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from (etyl) , from the noun (see above).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pierce, perforate, penetrate.
  • (obsolete) To drill or bore.
    • Derived terms
    * nostril * thirlable * thrill

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps a .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To throw (a projectile).
  • *, II.8:
  • *:And many Authours doe in this manner wound the protection of their cause, by over-rashly running against that which they take hold-of, thirling such darts at their enemies, that might with much more advantage be cast at them.

    • thill

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fill (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
  • The thin stratum of underclay which lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.
  • *1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 405:
  • *:One by one, Janki leading, they crept into the old gallery – a six-foot way with a scant four feet from thill to roof.