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thirled
thirled adj.1 pierced, perforated.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated
thirledc1200
perforate?a1425
bored1553
wimbled1582
through-bored1597
perforated1598
foraminated1599
punched1653
thoroughfared1662
prepunched1940
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 Neddre..cumeð to ane þurlede ston, and criepeð nedlinge þureh nerewe hole, and bileueð hire hude baften hire.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxcvi. 1090 Zedoarium is..scharp in sauour and nouȝt yþurled [1495 de Worde not thyrllyd nother hoolyd].
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 821 Their nasis thorlid wide and patent be.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xviii. 26 My thirlit hairt dois bleid.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 387 And now the pipes of thyrled box On every side resound.
thirled
thirled adj.2 
/θɜːld/ bound in servitude, service, or duty.
/θɜːld/ bound in servitude, service, or duty.ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [adjective] > bound to a master
masterfast1469
thirled1567
society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > under obligation
attendant1393
obligate?a1475
obliged1596
thirleda1722
obligated1740
duty-bound1908
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 59 Till Christ..I gif my thirlit hart in gouernance.
a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 276 The defender ought not to have built a mill upon the thirled lands.
1898 S. R. Crockett Standard Bearer iv. 36 As a thirled labourer serves for his meat.
thirled
thirled adj.3
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1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams sig. C ijv First shall you see the shiuering shafts and vewe the thirled darts.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlviii. 157 With monstrous buzzing came a fire-dart thirled, As if a thunder-bolt had there beene whirled.
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