Associations to the word «Thurl»

Wiktionary

THURL, verb. (obsolete) To cut through; to pierce.
THURL, verb. (mining) (obsolete) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
THURL, noun. A hole; an aperture.
THURL, noun. (mining) A short communication between adits in a mine.
THURL, noun. (mining) A long adit in a coalpit.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche