different between thilk vs thill

English

Etymology

From Middle English thilke, equivalent to a blend of the +? ilk.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ð?lk/
• Rhymes: -?lk

Determiner

thilk

1. (now archaic, regional) That same; this; that. [from 13th c.]

English

Alternative forms

• fill (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English thille, thylle, from Old English þille (“board; floorboard; plank; stake; pole”), from Proto-Germanic *þilj? (“board; floorboard; deck”), from Proto-Indo-European *tel- (“plank; board”). Cognate with Dutch deel, German Low German Deel (> English deal (“plank”)), German Diele, Swedish tilja, Icelandic þilja. Akin to English theal (“board; plank”). Doublet of deal.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

thill (plural thills)

1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
2. (mining) The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 405:

     One by one, Janki leading, they crept into the old gallery – a six-foot way with a scant four feet from thill to roof.

Derived terms

• thilly

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:thill.

Anagrams

• illth

Middle English

Noun

thill

1. Alternative form of thylle