He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling
point of deadly iron brand. --Spenser.
2. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or
pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling,
or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.
To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling
region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak.
Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which
thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold.
The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That
sudden cold did run through every vein. --Spenser.
3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]
I'll thrill my javelin. --Heywood.