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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thill  \Thill\,  n.  [OE.  thille,  AS  ?ille  a  board,  plank,  beam, 
  thill;  akin  to  ?el  a  plank,  D.  deel  a  plank,  floor,  G.  diele, 
  OHG.  dili,  dilla,  Icel.  ?ilja  a  plank,  planking,  a  thwart, 
  ?ili  a  wainscot,  plank;  cf  Skr.  tala  a  level  surface. 
  [root]236.  Cf  {Fill}  a  thill,  {Deal}  a  plank.] 
  1.  One  of  the  two  long  pieces  of  wood,  extending  before  a 
  vehicle,  between  which  a  horse  is  hitched;  a  shaft. 
 
  2.  (Mining)  The  floor  of  a  coal  mine.  --Raymond. 
 
  {Thill  coupling},  a  device  for  connecting  the  thill  of  a 
  vehicle  to  the  axle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thill 
  n  :  one  of  two  shafts  extending  from  the  body  of  a  cart  or 
  carriage  on  either  side  of  the  animal  that  pulls  it 




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