Chaucer.
Syn. — Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful.
Thrill (thrl), n. [See Trill.] A warbling; a trill.
Thrill, n. [AS. þyrel an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.] A breathing place
or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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.]
He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron
brand.
Spenser.
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.
To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of
thick-ribbed ice.
Shak.
Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the &?;eader
with sudden delight.