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Thurl

Thurl

,
Noun.
[AS.
þyrel
a hole. √53. See
Thirl
,
Thrill
.]
1.
A hole; an aperture.
[Obs.]
2.
(Mining)
(a)
A short communication between adits in a mine.
(b)
A long adit in a coalpit.

Thurl

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Thrill
.]
1.
To cut through; to pierce.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
2.
(Mining)
To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

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