[f. THRILL v.1 + -ING1.] The action of THRILL v.1, in various senses; an instance of this. Also attrib.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 241. As though we bare the same stonges thryllynges & persyng turmentes that he suffred.
1747. Hervey, Medit., II. 104. From the Thrillings of polluted Joy, to the Agonies of eternal Despair.
1748. Hartley, Observ. Man, I. ii. 120. A Thrilling or Shivering may be felt to run along the Skin.
1835–6. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 241/2. On laying the finger on it [the vein], a peculiar thrilling sensation is perceptible.
1879. J. D. Long, Æneid, IX. 806. Go to the heights of Dindymus, And list the thrilling of the pipe.
