Syn.
— Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful.
THRILL
Thrill, n. Etym: [See Trill.]
Defn: A warbling; a trill.
THRILL
Thrill, n. Etym: [AS. an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.]
Defn: A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
THRILL Thrill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] Etym: [OE. thrillen, , , to pierce; all probably fr. AS. , , Fr. pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. *53. See Through, and cf. Drill to bore, Nostril, Trill to trickle.]
1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. Spenser.
2. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate. To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick- ribbed ice. Shak. Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the M. Arnold. The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. Spenser.
3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.] I'll thrill my javelin. Heywood.
THRILL
Thrill, v. i.