thirl defs
Snibor Eoj
jmrobins at oygevalt.org
Thu May 8 16:07:28 EDT 2003
Defs galore! Get those votes in by midnight next Wednesday!
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thirl - 1. (n.) The drizzle of sweat flung up from the legs of a horse
into the face of the coachman. 2. (n.) Hence, any indignity attendant
upon a humble occupation.
thirl - (n.) A female impersonator by occupation but not by inclination.
thirl - (n.) The part of a sewing machine that brings the thread around
the lower bobbin.
thirl - (n.) A Medieval henchman
thirl - 1. (n.) A hole or perforation. 2. (v.) To pierce or perforate
thirl - (n.) Use of two or more similarly patterned fabrics with some
significant difference in color or pattern size, in the same ensemble.
thirl - (n.) A teardrop-shaped metal channel, used to maintain a minimum
radius of curvature in a cable when forming a terminating eye.
thirl - (n.) The sound of a bagpipe or similar instrument.
thirl - (v.) To snore lightly with a musical note.
thirl - (n.) On a three-masted schooner, the third sail.
thirl - (n.) The felt-chinked water-cooled earth-brick hut of the Uighur
people, used to store ingots of soured yak-butter.
thirl - (n.) A peon whose work in the fields belongs to his lord, but who
has the right to all or some proceeds from his animal husbandry.
thirl - (n.) Art whose wretchedness induces nausea.
thirl - (n.) A finial at the top of a gatepost.
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Snibor Eoj
jmrobins at oygevalt.org
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