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Fine Dictionary

Thurl

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Thurl
    A hole; an aperture.
  2. Thurl
    (Mining) A long adit in a coalpit.
  3. Thurl
    (Mining) A short communication between adits in a mine.
  4. Thurl
    (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
  5. Thurl
    To cut through; to pierce.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) thurl
    See thirl, thirling.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary AS. þyrel, a hole. √53. See Thirl Thrill

Usage in the news

Sir Thurl is more than a man with an ear for what's going to keep the floor moving — though as his nickname "The Official Party Starter" attests, he is that too. riverfronttimes.com

Today Thurl is an NBA analyst, inspirational speaker, singer, songwriter and father. deseretnews.com

There's more after the jump so don't go away click the link below for more Thurl . blog.wfmu.org

Thurl Ravenscroft, who provided the long, rumbling "They're Grrrrreeeat". nytimes.com

Thurl D Stover (66) of Willard died peacefully at him home, Sunday, September 2, 2012. norwalkreflector.com

Thurl was an over the road truck driver and enjoyed seeing our county. norwalkreflector.com

He also owned and operated Photography by Thurl. norwalkreflector.com

Usage in literature

Thurl was at the bottom of those accidents. "The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" by Frank L. Packard

The rain fell cold and drearily in the deserted streets of Thurles on the night which saw the arrest of William Smith O'Brien. "Speeches from the Dock, Part I" by Various

On Saturday the 5th of August Mr. O'Brien was arrested in Thurles. "The Felon's Track" by Michael Doheny

Look at Thurles, in January '85! "Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)" by William Henry Hurlbert

The battle took place at Thurles, and seventeen hundred of the English were slain. "An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800" by Mary Frances Cusack

Thurles, Ireland, Jan. 20. "Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851" by Various

Miss Kavanagh was born at Thurles and died at Nice. "Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle" by Clement K. Shorter

Through a mountain cut, appropriately called "The Wilderness," the railway line runs aside to Thurles. "The Sunny Side of Ireland" by John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger

His son, Viscount Thurles, being drowned on a passage to England, a grandson succeeded him. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4" by Various

Pin bones or thurls 34. "The Veterinarian" by Chas. J. Korinek