thirled

Thurlestone takes its name from a 'thirled' or pierced rock, on the shore through which the waves have drilled an arch.

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

I would hope for an independent Scotland that, created in the penetrating light of the 21st century, would be far more 'spread out' and less thirled to the dictates of an all pervasive establishment.

Is the UK a country of Killjoys? Jeff 2009

The serpent, as a metaphor, was in practice as completely thirled to the indication of evil as leaven had been, but Jesus counselled his disciples to "be wise as serpents."

The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot

They might be incomers, but they were thirled to Gillesbeg all the same, as I found later on.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

He was too much thirled to the Cleuch and tied to his wife's apron.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

His son, dark like his father, who made his first diffident pilgrimages in the sunny close where the pigeons cooed, was not more thirled to English soil.

The Path of the King John Buchan 1907

It's a strange thing that the saul of man should be that thirled into his perishable body; but the minister saw that, an 'his heart didnae break.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

It's a strange thing that the saul of man should be thirled into his perishable body; but the minister saw that, an 'his heart didnae break.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

It's a strange thing that the saul of man should be that thirled into his perishable body; but the minister saw that, an 'his heart didnae break.

Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

He kens what's wanted, and if he's no thirled to the Elliotts and the Greys, he can vote as he thinks fit.

Mr. Hogarth's Will Catherine Helen Spence 1867