Thurl

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thurl \Thurl\, v. t. [See {Thrill}.]
     1. To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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     2. (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one
        working and another.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thurl \Thurl\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel a hole. [root]53. See
     {Thirl}, {Thrill}.]
     1. A hole; an aperture. [Obs.]
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     2. (Mining)
        (a) A short communication between adits in a mine.
        (b) A long adit in a coalpit.
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