tirll (terl)

[A dial. var. of twirl or of thirll. Cf. tirl2.] I. in trans. 1. To quiver; vibrate; thrill; hence, to change or veer about, as the wind. Jamie son.-2. To produce a rattling or whirring; make a clatter, as by shaking or twirling something. - To tirl at or on the pin, to shake the latch of a door by means of a projecting pin of the thumb-piece, and thus make a rattling noise as a sig; nal to those inside that one wishes to enter. Also to tirl the pin. Lang stood she at her true love's door, And lang tirl'd at the pin . used. [Shetland.] IMG:content-0484.png:[blocks in formation] tirma (termä), n . matopus ostrilegus . C. Swains on. [He brides.] tirnet, v. t. A Middle English form of turn . tirot, n. The more correct spelling of tyro . tirocinium (ti-rō-sin'i-um), n. [L., tiro , a raw recruit: see tyro .] The first service of a sol- dier; hence, the first rudiments of any art; a novitiate. The word is used by Cowper as a title for a poem on schools. The oyster-catcher, Hæ tiroire (F. pron. te-rwor'), n. [F.] A tail-like appendage to a hawk's hood. See hood. tirolite, n. See tyrolite. tiront (ti'ron), n. [Also tyrone; T-iron (tē'i"ėrn), n. An angle-iron having a flat flange and a web, and in section resembling the letter T. Also written tee - iron.