[f. THIRL v.1 + -ING2.] That thirls; piercing.

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c. 1380.  Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 27. Þoru liȝt of þin arrowis, þat is, of þi þurlinge wordis.

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1398.  [see THIRL v.1 5].

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a. 1547.  Surrey, Æneid, IV. 91. [The hind which] the Shepheard smiteth at unwares And leaves unwist in her the thirling head.

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1566.  Drant, Horace, Sat., iii. F vij. What thirlinge thrawes doth twitche thy harte?

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a. 1618.  Davies, Eglogues, Poems (1772), 116. To let in thirling notes of noted laies.

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1801.  W. Beattie, Parings (1873), 28. Really this night’s thirlin’; I never maist fan sic a frost.

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