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    Thrill , n. [See Trill.] A warbling; a trill.
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    Thrill, n. [AS. þyrel an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.] A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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    Thrill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] [OE. thrillen, þirlen, þurlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. þyrlian, þyrelian, Fr. þyrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. þurh 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.]
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      He pierced through his chafed chest
      With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
      Spenser.

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    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.
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      To bathe in flery floods, or to reside
      In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice.
      Shak.

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      Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the eader with sudden delight.
      M. Arnold.

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      The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
      That sudden cold did run through every vein.
      Spenser.

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    3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]
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      I'll thrill my javelin.
      Heywood.

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    Thrill, v. i.
    1. To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.
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      I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins.
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    2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
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      To seek sweet safety out
      In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake.
      Shak.

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    Thrill, n.
    1. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
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    2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
      Burns.

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