- (v.t.) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- (v.t.) A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
- (v.i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
- (n.) A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
- (n.) A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.i.) 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.
- (n.) A warbling; a trill.
- (v.t.) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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