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Definition of Thillers
1. thiller [n] - See also: thiller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thillers
Literary usage of Thillers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... draws them down to the line of his own draught ; and their rope to the top of
the pole between the two thillers, (when they are two,) ..."
2. History of the English Landed Interest: Its Customs, Laws and Agriculture by Russell M. (Russell Montague) Garnier (1908)
"The horses who were wont to draw these carts, both leaders and thillers,1 must
have had a lazy existence all this time, and seldom left their warm stables. ..."
3. The Literary Magazine, and American Register by Charles Brockden Brown (1808)
"Dr. Meyer, captain William Henry, to Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Mr.
Andrew thillers, all of Philadelphia. At Germantown, at Friend's Meeting, ..."
4. Travels During the Years 1787, 1788, & 1789: Undertaken More Particularly by Arthur Young (1794)
"... draws them down to the lino ot his own draught; and their rope to the top'of
the'pole between the two thillers (when they are two), ..."
5. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"A mode of austere devotion. 2 Pipe- smoking. Ч* f. The pole of a cart. 2 The
thillers of a team. ^ Smoke. 2 An overlay or wash (of gold or silver), 'a fig. ..."
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