thill

He was talking as much to himself as to the poor fellow who clung to the thill.

Thill, thil, n. one of the shafts of a cart or other carriage.

Dr. Thill was ready to give a certificate that Persis had died of heart-failure.

"'Now no dray horse moves more readily to the thill than I to the painter's chair," he said.

Now no dray moves more readily to the thill than I do to the painter's chair.

So Roake called the family physician, Dr. Thill; caught him dressing for the opera.