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Thorough vs Thirl - What's the difference?

thorough | thirl |

In obsolete terms the difference between thorough and thirl

is that thorough is through while thirl is to throw (a projectile).

As an adjective thorough

is painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.

As a preposition thorough

is through.

As a verb thirl is

to pierce, perforate, penetrate.

thorough

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Alternative forms

* thoro

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail
    • The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.
    He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
    The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable.
  • utter; complete; absolute
    • It is a thorough pleasure to see him beg for mercy.
    Derived terms
    * thoroughbred * thoroughgoing * thoroughly

    Etymology 2

    A disyllabic form of (etyl) .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (obsolete) Through.
  • * , II.xii:
    • Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry / Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went [...].
  • * 1599 , , V. i. 109:
    • You are contented to be led in triumph / Thorough the streets of Rome?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
    • (Halliwell)

    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.