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▪ I. thrilling, vbl. n.|ˈθrɪlɪŋ|
[f. thrill v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of thrill v.1, in various senses; an instance of this. Also attrib.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 241 As though we bare the same stonges thryllynges & persyng turmentes that he suffred. 1747Hervey Medit. II. 104 From the Thrillings of polluted Joy, to the Agonies of eternal Despair. 1748Hartley Observ. Man. i. ii. 120 A Thrilling or Shivering may be felt to run along the Skin. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 241/2 On laying the finger on it [the vein], a peculiar thrilling sensation is perceptible. 1879J. D. Long æneid ix. 806 Go to the heights of Dindymus, And list the thrilling of the pipe.
▪ II. thrilling, ppl. a.|ˈθrɪlɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That thrills, in various senses.
†1. Penetrating, piercing. Also fig. Obs.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 208 A thrilling throbbe from her hart did aryse [gloss, A thrilling throb, a percing sighe]. 1590― F.Q. i. iii. 42 He perced through his [the lion's] chaufed chest With thrilling point of deadly yron brand. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. viii. (1626) 160 æsonides then threw his thrilling lance [L. (l. 412) Misit et æsonides jaculum]. 1718Pope Iliad xv. 528 Through his fair neck the thrilling arrow flies.
b. Piercing or penetrating, as cold; causing shivering or shuddering.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. i. 123 To recide In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice. 1753Scots Mag. Oct. 516/1 Attended with a thrilling coldness. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) II. 59 A thrilling sort of chillness would run through my blood. c1820S. Rogers Italy, Campagna of Rome 91 Regions of thrilling ice.
2. Producing a sudden wave of excitement or emotion; piercing the feelings.
1761Gray Odin 24 The thrilling verse that wakes the Dead. 1821J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Columbus xix, A thrilling, fearful joy. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. viii. 220 Nazareth, a place of such deep and thrilling interest to every reader of the Gospel history.
3. Quivering, vibrating.
1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xi, Insects..that poised themselves motionless on thrilling wings. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) I. ii. 78 Let us look for a moment at this thrilling medium.
Hence ˈthrillingly adv.; ˈthrillingness.
a1822Shelley Posthum. Poems (1824) 320 The liquid voice Of pipes, that fills the clear air thrillingly. 1825Southey Tale Paraguay iii. xl, So thrillingly attuned the cadence fell, That with the music..She moved herself to tears. 1847Webster, Thrillingness. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. iii. 71 How thrillingly grand is all this! 1891Blackw. Mag. CL. 637/2 Emotions..of unexpected thrillingness. |