thirl

In Scots law, a tract of land the tenants of which were bound to bring all their grain to a certain mill: same as sucken.

To pierce; bore; perforate; drill.

To produce, as a hole, by piercing, boring, or drilling.

Figuratively, to penetrate; pierce, as with some keen emotion; especially, to wound.

To cause to vibrate, quiver, or tingle; thrill.

To make a hole, as by piercing or boring.

To vibrate; quiver; tingle; thrill.

In coal-mining, to cut away the last web of coal separating two headings or other workings.

To thrall, bind, or subject; especially, to bind or astrict by the terms of a lease or otherwise: as, lands thirled to a particular mill. See thirlage.

A hole; an opening; a place of entrance, as a door or a window.