An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To Thirl, v. a. To thrill, to cause to vibrate, S.
Burns.

To Thirl, Thirle, v. n. To pass 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.
Bellenden.

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.