Sc. Obs. [f. THRILL sb.2]

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  1.  trans. To make a thrall of, enthrall, enslave; = THIRL v.2 1.

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1456.  Sir G. Haye, Law Arms (S.T.S.), 157. It is … na to be tholit … sen he [Christ] has maid man free, he suld thrill his brother.

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1536.  Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. 73. To thrill us to maist schamefull servitude.

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  2.  To bind or engage (lands) in thirlage: = THIRL v.2 2.

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1480.  Act. Dom. Conc. (1839), 70/2. Þt þe said Robert … sall be na maner of way thrill þa landis bot deliuer þaim fre as said is.

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