THAL'LITE, noun [Gr. a green twig.] In mineralogy, a substance variously denominated by different authors. It is the epidote of Hauy, the delphinite of Saussure, and the pistacite of Werner. It occurs both crystallized and in masses.

THAM'MUZ, noun The tenth month of the Jewish civil year, containing 29 days, and answering to a part of June and a part of July.

1. The name of a deity among the Phenicians.

THAN, adverb This word is placed after some comparative adjective or adverb, to express comparison between what precedes and what follows. Thus Elijah said, I am not better than my fathers. Wisdom is better than strength. Israel loved Joseph more than all his children. All nations are counted less than nothing. I who am less than the least of all saints. The last error shall be worse than the first. He that denies the faith is worse than an infidel.

After more, or an equivalent termination, the following word implies less, or worse; after less, or an equivalent termination, it implies more or better.

THANE, noun The thanes in England were formerly persons of some dignity; of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the Saxon and Danish kings in their courts, and held lands immediately of them; and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors, and who had a particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

THA'NESHIP, noun The state or dignity of a thane; or his seignory.

THANK, verb transitive

1. To express gratitude for a favor; to make acknowledgments to one for kindness bestowed.

We are bound to thank God always for you. 2 Thessalonians 1:3.

Joab bowed himself and thanked the king. 2 Samuel 14:22.

2. It is used ironically.

Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss,

And thank yourself, if aught should fall amiss.

THANK

THANK'ED, participle passive Having received expression of gratitude.

THANK'FUL, adjective Grateful; impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it. The Lord's supper is to be celebrated with a thankful remembrance of his sufferings and death.

Be thankful to him, and bless his name. Psalms 100:4.

THANK'FULLY, adverb With a grateful sense of favor or kindness received.

If you have liv'd, take thankfully the past'.

THANK'FULNESS, noun Expression of gratitude; acknowledgment of a favor.

1. Gratitude; a lively sense of good received.

The celebration of these holy mysteries being ended, retire with all thankfulness of heart for having been admitted to that heavenly feast.

THANK'ING, participle present tense Expressing gratitude for good received.

THANK'LESS, adjective Unthankful; ungrateful; not acknowledging favors.

That she may feel

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is

To have a thankless child.

1. Not deserving thanks, or not likely to gain thanks; as a thankless office.

THANK'LESSNESS, noun Ingratitude; failure to acknowledge a kindness.

THANK'-OFFERING, noun [thank and offering.]

An offering made in acknowledgment of mercy.

THANKS, noun generally in the plural. Expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment made to express a sense of favor or kindness received. Gratitude is the feeling or sentiment excited by kindness; thanks are the expression of that sentiment. Luke 6:1.

THANKS be to God, who giveth us the victory. 1 Corinthians 15:57.

THANKS be to God for his unspeakable gift. 2 Corinthians 9:15.

He took bread and gave thanks to God. Acts 27:35.

THANKSGIVE, verb transitive thanksgiv.' [thanks and give.]

To celebrate or distinguish by solemn rites. [Not in use.]

THANKSGIV'ER, noun One who gives thanks or acknowledges a kindness.

THANKSGIV'ING, participle present tense Rendering thanks for good received.

THANKSGIV'ING, noun The act of rendering thanks or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if received with thanksgiving 1 Timothy 4:3.

1. A public celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties. The practice of appointing an annual thanksgiving originated in New England.

THANK'-WORTHY, adjective [thank and worthy.] Deserving thanks; meritorious. 1 Peter 2:1.

TH'ARM, noun Intestines twisted into a cord.

THAT, an adjective, pronoun or substitute.

1. that is a word used as a definitive adjective, pointing to a certain person or thing before mentioned, or supposed to be understood. 'Here is that book we have been seeking this hour.' 'Here goes that man we were talking of.'

It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Matthew 10:14.

2. that is used definitively, to designate a specific thing or person emphatically.

The woman was made whole from that hour. Matthew 9:6.

In these cases, that is an adjective. In the two first examples, the may be substituted for it. 'Here is the book we have been seeking.' 'Here goes the man we were talking of.' But in other cases, the cannot supply its place, and that may be considered as more emphatically definite than the.

3. that is used as the representative of a noun, either a person or a thing. In this use, it is often a pronoun and a relative. When it refers to persons, it is equivalent to who, and when it refers to a thing, it is equivalent to which. In this use, it represents either the singular number or the plural.

He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame. Proverbs 9:4.

They that hate me without a cause, are more than the hairs of my head. Psalms 63:9.

A judgment that is equal and impartial, must incline to the greater probabilities.

They shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend. Mat 13.

4. that is also the representative of a sentence or part of a sentence, and often of a series of sentences. In this case, that is not strictly a pronoun, a word standing for a noun; but is, so to speak, a pro-sentence, the substitute for a sentence, to save the repetition of it.

And when Moses heard that he was content. Leviticus 10:3.

THAT here stands for the whole of what Aaron had said, or the whole of the preceding verse.

I will know your business, that I will.

Ye defraud, and that your brethren. 1 Corinthians 6:2.

THAT sometimes in this use, precedes the sentence or clause to which it refers.

THAT be far from thee, to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked. Genesis 18:5.

THAT here represents the clause in italics.

5. that sometimes is the substitute for an adjective. You allege that the man is innocent; that he is not.

6. that in the following use, has been called a conjunction. 'I heard that the Greeks had defeated the Turks.' But in this case, that has the same character as in No.4. It is the representative of the part of the sentence which follows, as may be seen by inverting the order of the clauses. 'The Greeks had defeated the Turks; I heard that ' 'It is not that I love you less.' that here refers to the latter clause of the sentence, as a kind of demonstrative.

7. that was formerly used for that which, like what.

We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen. John 3:2. [This use is no longer held legitimate.]

8. that is used in opposition to this, or by way of distinction.

9. When this and that refer to foregoing words, this, like the Latin hie, and French ceci, refers to the latter, and that to the former. It is the same with these and those.

Self-love and reason to one end aspire,

Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire,

But greedy that its object would devour,

This taste the honey, and not wound the flow'r.

10. that sometimes introduces an explanation of something going before. 'Religion consists in living up to those principles; that is, in acting in conformity to them.' Here that refers to the whole first clause of the sentence.

11. 'Things are preached, not in that they are taught, but in that they are published.' Here that refers to the words which follow it.

So when that begins a sentence, 'That we may fully understand the subject, let us consider the following propositions.' that denotes purpose, or rather introduces the clause expressing purposes, as will appear by restoring the sentence to its natural order. 'Let us consider the following propositions, that [for the purpose expressed in the following clause, ] we may fully understand the subject.' 'Attend that you may receive instruction; ' that referring to the last member.

In that a phrase denoting consequence, cause or reason; that referring to the following sentence.

THATCH, noun [Latin tego; Eng. deck.] Straw or other substance used to cover the roofs of buildings, or stacks of hay or grain, for securing them from rain, etc.

THATCH, verb transitive To cover with straw, reeds or some similar substance; as, to thatch a house or a stable, or a stack of grain.

THATCH'ED, participle passive Covered with straw or thatch.

THATCH'ER, noun One whose occupation is to thatch houses.

THATCH'ING, participle present tense Covering with straw or thatch.

THATCH'ING, noun The act or art of covering buildings with thatch, so as to keep out water.

THAUMATUR'GIC

THAU'MATURGY, noun [Gr. a wonder, and work.]

The act of performing something wonderful.

THAU'MATURGY, n. [Gr. a wonder, and work.]

The act of performing something wonderful.

THAUMTUR'GICAL, adjective [See Thaumaturgy.] Exciting wonder.

THAVE, noun An ewe of the first year. [Local.]

THAW, verb intransitive

1. To melt, dissolve or become fluid, as ice or snow. [It is remarkable that this word is used only of things that congeal by frost. We never say, to thaw metal of any kind.]

2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; used of weather.

THAW, verb transitive To melt; to dissolve; as ice, snow, hail or frozen earth.

THAW, noun The melting of ice or snow; the resolution of ice into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat, of any thing congealed by frost.

THAW'ED, participle passive Melted, as ice or snow.

THAW'ING, participle present tense Dissolving; resolving into a fluid; liquefying; as any thing frozen.

THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.

1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.

This he calls the preaching of the cross.

2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.

3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.

Th' adorning thee with so much art,

Is but a barb'rous skill.

4. the is used before adjectives in the comparative and superlative degree. the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform. the most strenuous exertions will be used to emancipate Greece. the most we can do is to submit; the best we can do; the worst that can happen.

THE'ARCHY, noun [Gr. God, and rule.] Government by God; more commonly called theocracy.

THE'ATER

THE'ATINS, noun An order of regular priests in Naples, who have no property, nor do they beg, but wait for what providence sends them. They have their name from the chief of the order.

THE'ATRAL, adjective Belonging to a theater. [Not in use.]

THE'ATRE, noun [Latin theatrum; Gr. to see.]

1. Among the ancients, an edifice in which spectacles or shows were exhibited for the amusement of spectators.

2. In modern times, a house for the exhibition of dramatic performances, as tragedies, comedies and farces; a play-house; comprehending the stage, the pit, the boxes, galleries and orchester.

3. Among the Italians, an assemblage of buildings, which by a happy disposition and elevation, represents an agreeable scene to the eye.

4. A place rising by steps or gradations like the seats of a theater.

Shade above shade, a woody theater

Of stateliest view--

5. A place of action or exhibition; as the theater of the world.

6. A building for the exhibition of scholastic exercises, as at Oxford, or for other exhibitions.

Anatomical theater, a hall with several rows of seats, disposed in the manner of an amphitheater, and a table turning on a pivot in the middle, for anatomical demonstrations.

THEAT'RIC

THEAT'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to a theater or to scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; as theatrical dress; theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.

THEAT'RICALLY, adverb In the manner of actors on the state; in a manner suiting the stage.

THEAVE'

THEE, pronoun obj. case of thou.

THEE, verb intransitive To thrive; to prosper.

THEE, pron. obj. case of thou.

THEE, v.i. To thrive; to prosper.

THEFT, noun The act of stealing. In law, the private, unlawful, felonious taking of another person's goods or movables, with an intent to steal them. To constitute theft the taking must be in private or without the owner's knowledge, and it must be unlawful or felonious, that is, it must be with a design to deprive the owner of his property privately and against his will. theft differs from robbery, as the latter is a violent taking from the person, and of course not private.

1. The thing stolen. Exodus 22:3.

THEFT'-BOTE, noun In law, the receiving of a man's goods again from a thief; or a compensation for them, by way of composition, and to prevent the prosecution of the thief. This in England subjects a person to a heavy fine, as by this means the punishment of the criminal is prevented.

THEIR, pronoun pronominal

1. their has the sense of a pronominal adjective, denoting of them, or the possession of two or more; as their voices; their garments; their houses; their land; their country.

2. Theirs is used as a substitute for the adjective and the noun to which it refers, and in this case, it may be the nominative to a verb. 'Our land is the most extensive, but theirs is the best cultivated.' Here theirs stands as the representative of their land, and is the nominative to is.

Nothing but the name of zeal appears

'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs.

In this use, theirs is not in the possessive case, for then there would be a double possessive.

THE'ISM, noun [from Gr. God.] The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism. theism differs from deism, for although deism implies a belief in the existence of a God, yet it signifies in modern usage a denial of revelation, which theism does not.

THE'IST, noun One who believes in the existence of a God.

THEIS'TIC

THEIS'TICAL, adjective Pertaining to theism, or to a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.

THEM, pronoun the objective case of they, and of both genders. [In our mother tongue, them is an adjective, answering to the, in the dative and ablative cases of both numbers. The common people continue to use it in the plural number as an adjective, for they say, bring them horses, or them horses are to be led to water.]

Go ye to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matthew 25:2.

Then shall the king say to them on his right hand, come, ye blessed of my Father-- Matthew 25:2.

THEME, noun [Latin thema; Gr. to set or place.]

1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks. The preacher takes a text for the theme of his discourse.

When a soldier was the theme my name

Was not far off.

2. A short dissertation composed by a student.

3. In grammar, a radical verb, or the verb in its primary absolute sense, not modified by inflections; as the infinitive mode in English. But a large portion of the words called themes in Greek, are not the radical words, but are themselves derivative forms of the verb. The fact is the same in other languages.

4. In music, a series of notes selected as the text or subject of a new composition.

THEMSELVES, a compound of them and selves, and added to they by way of emphasis or pointed distinction. Thus we say, they themselves have done the mischief; they cannot blame others. In this case, themselves is in the nominative case, and maybe considered as an emphatical pronoun.

In some cases, themselves is used without they, and strands as the only nominative to the following verb. themselves have done the mischief.

This word is used also in the objective case after a verb or preposition. Things in themselves innocent, may under certain circumstances cease to be so.

They open to themselves at length the way.

THEN, adverb

1. At that time, referring to a time specified, either past or future.

And the Canaanite was then in the land. Genesis 12:6.

That is, when Abram migrated and came into Canaan.

Now I know in part, but then shall I know even as I am known. 1 Corinthians 12:28.

2. Afterward; soon afterward or immediately.

First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matthew 5:24.

3. In that case; in consequence. Galatians 3:9. Job 3:13.

If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom.

4. Therefore; for this reason.

Now then be all thy weighty cares away.

5. At another time; as now and then at one time and another.

6. That time.

Till then we knew

The force of those dire arms?

THENCE, adverb thens.

1. From that place.

When you depart thence shake off the dust of your feet. Mark 6:1.

It is more usual, though not necessary, to use from before thence

Then will I send and fetch thee from thence Genesis 27:9.

2. From that time.

There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isaiah 65:20.

3. For that reason.

Not to sit idle with so great a gift

Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him.

THENCEFORTH, adverb thens'forth. [thence and forth.] From that time.

If the salt hath lost its savor, it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matthew 5:13.

This is also preceded by from, though not from any necessity.

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. John 19:12.

THENCEFOR'WARD, adverb [thence and forward.] From that time onward.

THENCEFROM', adverb [thence and from.] From that place. [Not in use.]

THEOC'RACY, noun [Gr. God, and power; to hold.] Government of a state by the immediate direction of God; or the state thus governed. Of this species the Israelites furnish an illustrious example. The theocracy lasted till the time of Saul.

THEOCRAT'IC'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a theocracy; administered by the immediate direction of God; as the theocratical state of the Israelites. The government of the Israelites was theocratic.

THE'ODICY, noun [Latin dico, to speak.]

The science of God; metaphysical theology.

THEOD'OLITE, noun [Gr. to run, and long.] An instrument for taking the heights and distances of objects, or for measuring horizontal and vertical angles in land-surveying.

THEOG'ONY, noun [Gr. God, and to be born.] In mythology, the generation of the gods; or that branch of heathen theology which taught the genealogy of their deities. Hesiod composed a poem concerning that theogony or the creation of the world and the descent of the gods.

THEOL'OGASTER, noun A kind of quack in divinity; as a quack in medicine is called medicaster.

THEOLO'GIAN, noun [See Theology.] A divine; a person well versed in theology, or a professor of divinity.

THEOLOG'IC

THEOLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Theology.] Pertaining to divinity, or the science of God and of divine things; as a theological treatise; theological criticism.

THEOLOG'ICALLY, adverb According to the principles of theology.

THEOL'OGIST, noun A divine; one studious in the science of divinity, or one well versed in that science.

THEOL'OGIZE, verb transitive To render theological.

1. verb intransitive To frame a system of theology. [Little used.]

THEOL'OGIZER, noun A divine, or a professor of theology. [Unusual.]

THE'OLOGUE, for theologist, is not in use.

THEOL'OGY, noun [Gr. God, and discourse.]

Divinity; the science of God and divine things; or the science which teaches the existence, character and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice. Theology consists of two branches, natural and revealed. Natural theology is the knowledge we have of God from his works, by the light of nature and reason. Revealed theology is that which is to be learned only from revelation.

Moral theology teaches us the divine laws relating to our manners and actions, that is, our moral duties.

Speculative theology, teaches or explains the doctrines of religion, as objects of faith.

Scholastic theology is that which proceeds by reasoning, or which derives the knowledge of several divine things from certain established principles of faith.

THEOM'ACHIST, noun [Gr. God, and combat.]

One who fights against the gods.

THEOM'ACHY, noun [supra.] A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the giants with the gods.

1. Opposition to the divine will.

THEOP'ATHY, noun [Gr. God, and passion.] Religious suffering; suffering for the purpose of subduing sinful propensities.

THEOR'BO, noun A musical instrument made like a large lute, except that it has two necks or juga, the second and longer of which sustains the four last rows of chords, which are to give the deepest sounds. The theorbo has eight base or thick strings twice as long as those of the lute, which excess of length renders the sound exceedingly soft, and continues it a great length of time.

THE'OREM, noun [Gr. to see.]

1. In mathematics, a proposition which terminates in theory, and which considers the properties of things already made or done; or it is a speculative proposition deduced from several definitions compared together.

A theorem is a proposition to be proved by a chain of reasoning. A theorem is something to be proved; a problem is something to be done.

2. In algebra or analysis, it is sometimes used to denote a rule, particularly when that rule is expressed by symbols.

A universal theorem extends to any quantity without restriction.

A particular theorem extends only to a particular quantity.

A negative theorem expresses the impossibility of any assertion.

A local theorem is that which relates to a surface.

A solid theorem is that which considers a space terminated by a solid, that is, by any of the three conic sections.

THEOREMAT'IC

THEOREMAT'ICAL

THEOREM'IC, adjective Pertaining to a theorem; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems; as theoremic truth.

THEOREMAT'ICAL

THEORET'IC

THEORET'ICAL, adjective [See Theory.] Pertaining to theory; depending on theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation; not practical; as theoretical learning; theoretic sciences. The sciences are divided into theoretical, as theology, philosophy and the like, and practical, as medicine and law.

THEORET'ICALLY, adverb In or by theory; in speculation; speculatively; not practically. Some things appear to be theoretically true, which are found to be practically false.

THE'ORIC, noun Speculation.

THEOR'IC, for theoretic, is not now used. [See Theoretic.]

Theoric revenue, in ancient Athens, was the revenue of the state appropriated to the support of theatrical exhibitions.

THE'ORIST, noun One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation.

The greatest theorists have given the preference to such a government as that of this kingdom.

THE'ORIZE, verb intransitive To form a theory or theories; to speculate; as, to theorize on the existence of phlogiston.

THE'ORY, noun [Latin theoria; Gr. to see or contemplate.]

1. Speculation; a doctrine or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice. It is here taken in an unfavorable sense, as implying something visionary.

2. An exposition of the general principles of any science; as the theory of music.

3. The science distinguished from the art; as the theory and practice of medicine.

4. The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Smith's theory of moral sentiments.

Theory is distinguished from hypothesis thus; a theory is founded on inferences drawn from principles which have been established on independent evidence; a hypothesis is a proposition assumed to account for certain phenomena, and has no other evidence of its truth, than that it affords a satisfactory explanation of those phenomena.

THEOSOPH'IC

THEOSOPH'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to theosophism or to theosophists; divinely wise.

THEOS'OPHISM, noun [Gr. God, and comment; wise.]

Pretension to divine illumination; enthusiasm.

THEOS'OPHIST, noun One who pretends to divine illumination; one who pretends to derive his knowledge from divine revelation.

THEOS'OPHY, noun Divine wisdom; godliness.

1. Knowledge of God.

THERAPEU'TIC, adjective [Gr. to nurse, serve or cure.] Curative; that pertains to the healing art; that is concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases.

Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic or the art of restoring it.

THERAPEU'TICS, noun That part of medicine which respects the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. therapeutics teaches the use of diet and of medicines.

1. A religious sect described by Philo. They were devotees to religion.

THERE, adverb

1. In that place.

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed. Genesis 2:5.

2. It is sometimes opposed to here; there denoting the place most distant.

Darkness there might well seem twilight here.

3. Here and there in one place and another; as here a little and there a little.

4. It is sometimes used by way of exclamation; calling the attention to something distant; as there there; see there; look there

5. there is used to begin sentences or before a verb; sometimes pertinently, and sometimes without signification; but its use is to firmly established that it cannot be dispensed with.

Wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced.

THERE have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.

And there came a voice from heaven, saying, thou art my beloved Son. Mark 1:5.

6. In composition, there has the sense of a pronoun, as in Saxon; as thereby, which signifies by that.

THEREABOUT', THEREABOUTS', adverb [there and about. The latter is less proper, but most commonly used.]

1. Near that place.

2. Nearly; near that number, degree or quantity; as ten men or thereabouts.

3. Concerning that. [Not much used.] Luke 24:4.

THERE'AFTER, adverb [there and after.]

1. According to that; accordingly.

When you can draw the head indifferently well, proportion the body thereafter

2. After that.

THEREAT', adverb [there and at.] At that place.

Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat Matthew 7:13.

1. At that; at that thing or event; on that account.

Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat

THEREBY', adverb [there and by.] By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come to thee. Job 22:21.

THEREFOR', adverb [there and for.] For that or this, or it.

THEREFORE, adverb ther'fore. [there and for.]

1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated.

I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Luke 14:20.

2. Consequently.

He blushes; therefore he is guilty.

3. In return or recompense for this or that.

What shall we have therefore? Matthew 19:6.

THEREFROM', adverb [there and from.] From this or that.

--Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. Joshua 23:6.

THEREIN', adverb [there and in.] In that or this place, time or thing.

Bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply therein Genesis 9:7.

Ye shall keep the sabbath--whosoever doeth any work therein--that soul shall be cut off. Exodus 31:14.

THEREIN our letters do not well agree.

THEREINTO', adverb [there and into.] Into that.

THEREOF', adv. [there and of.] Of that or this.

In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:17.

THEREON', adverb [there and on.] On that or this.

Then the king said, hang him thereon Esther 7:9.

THEREOUT', adverb [there and out.] Out of that or this. Leviticus 2:2.

THERETO' adverb [there and to or unto.] To that or this.

Add the fifth part thereto. Leviticus 5:16.

THEREUN'DER, adv. [there and under.] Under that or this.

THEREUNTO', adverb [there and to or unto.] To that or this.

Add the fifth part thereto. Leviticus 5:16.

THEREUPON', adverb [there and upon.] Upon that or this.

The remnant of the house of Judah, they shall feed thereupon Zephaniah 2:7.

1. In consequence of that.

He hopes to find you forward,

And thereupon he sends you this good news.

2. Immediately.

THEREWHI'LE, adverb [there and while.] At the same time.

THEREWITH', adverb [there and with.] With that or this.

I have learned in whatever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:11.

THEREWITHAL', adverb [there and withal.]

1. Over and above.

2. At the same time.

3. With that. [This word is obsolete.]

[The foregoing compounds of there with the prepositions, are for the most part deemed inelegant and obsolete. Some of them however are in good use, and particularly in the law style.

THE'RIAC, noun [Latin theriaca; Gr. treacle.] A name given by the ancients to various compositions esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison, but afterwards restrained chiefly to what has been called Theriaca Andromachi, or Venice-treacle, which is a compound of sixty four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary.

THE'RIAC

THERI'ACAL, adjective Pertaining to theriac; medicinal.

THER'MAL, adjective [Latin thermoe, warm baths; Gr. to warm.]

Pertaining to heat; warm.

Thermal waters, are warm or tepid mineral waters, whose heat varies from 92 deg. to 112 deg.

THER'MOLAMP, noun [Gr. warm, from heat, and lamp.]

An instrument for furnishing light by means of inflammable gas.

THERMOM'ETER, noun [Gr. warm, from heat, and measure.] An instrument for measuring heat; founded on the property which heat possesses of expanding all bodies, the rate or quantity of expansion being supposed proportional to the degree of heat applied, and hence indicating that degree. The thermometer indicates only the sensible heat of bodies, and gives us no information respecting the quantity of latent heat, or of combined heat, which those bodies may contain.

THERMOMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to a thermometer; as the thermometrical scale or tube.

1. Made by a thermometer; as thermometrical observations.

THERMOMET'RICALLY, adverb By means of a thermometer.

THER'MOSCOPE, noun [Gr. heat, and to see.] An instrument showing the temperature of the air, or the degree of heat and cold.

THESE, pronoun plural of this. pronounced theez, and used as an adjective or substitute. these is opposed to those, as this is to that, and when two persons or things or collections of things are named, these refers to the things or persons which are nearest in place or order, or which are last mentioned.

Some place the bliss in action, some in ease;

Those call it pleasure, and contentment these

Here these is a substitute for these persons, and for the persons last mentioned, who place their bliss in ease.

THE'SIS, noun [Latin thesis; Gr. a position, to set.]

1. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument; a theme; a subject.

2. In logic, every proposition may be divided into thesis and hypothesis. thesis contains the thing affirmed or denied, and hypothesis the conditions of the affirmation or negation.

THET'ICAL, adjective [See Thesis.] Laid down.

THEUR'GIC

THEUR'GICAL, adjective [from theurgy.] Pertaining to the power of performing supernatural things.

Theugic hymns, songs of incantation.

THE'URGIST, noun One who pretends to or is addicted to theurgy.

THE'URGY, noun [Gr. God, and work.] The art of doing things which it is the peculiar province of God to do; or the power or act of performing supernatural things by invoking the names of God or of subordinate agents; magic. This has been divided by some writers into three parts; theurgy or the operation by divine or celestial means; natural magic, performed by the powers of nature; and necromancy, which proceeds by invoking demons.

THEW, noun Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior. [Not in use.]

1. Brawn. [Not in use.]

THEW'ED, adjective Accustomed; educated. [Not in use.]

THEY, pronoun plural ; objective case, them.]

1. The men, the women, the animals, the things. It is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun referring to persons, or as a substitute referring to things.

THEY and their fathers have transgressed against me. Ezekiel 2:3.

THEY of Italy salute you. Hebrews 13:10.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matthew 5:4.

2. It is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on. they say, [on dit, ] that is, it is said by persons, indefinitely.

THI'BLE, noun A slice; a skimmer; a spatula. [Not in use or local.]

THICK, adjective

1. Dense; not thin; as thick vapors; a thick fog.

2. Inspissated; as, the paint is too thick

3. Turbid; muddy; feculent; not clear; as, the water of a river is thick after a rain.

4. Noting the diameter of a body; as a piece of timber seven inches thick

My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 1 Kings 12:10.

5. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; as a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper.

6. Close; crowded with trees or other objects; as a thick forest or wood; thick grass; thick corn.

The people were gathered thick together.

7. Frequent; following each other in quick succession. The shot flew thick as hail.

Favors came thick upon him.

Not thicker billows beat the Libyan main.

8. Set with things close to each other; not easily pervious.

Black was the forest, thick with beech it stood.

9. Not having due distinction of syllables or good articulation; as a thick utterance.

He speaks too thick

10. Dull; somewhat deaf; as thick of hearing.

THICK, noun The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

In the thick of the dust and smoke he presently entered his men.

1. A thicket. [Not in use.]

THICK and thin, whatever is in the way.

Through thick and thin she follow'd him.

THICK, adverb Frequently; fast.

I hear the trampling of thick beating feet.

1. Closely; as a plat of ground thick sown.

2. To a great depth, or to a thicker depth than usual; as a bed covered thick with tan; land covered thick with manure.and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Not in use.]

THICK, verb intransitive To become thick or dense. [Not used.]

THICKEN, verb transitive thik'n. To make thick or dense.

1. To make close; to fill up interstices; as, to thicken cloth.

2. To make concrete; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint, mortar or a liquid.

3. To strengthen; to confirm.

And this may help to thicken other proofs. [Not used.]

4. To make frequent, or more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

5. To make close, or more close; to make more numerous; as, to thicken the ranks.

THICKEN, verb intransitive thik'n. To become thick or more thick; to become dense; as, the fog thickens.

1. To become dark or obscure.

Thy luster thickens

When he shines by.

2. To concrete; to be consolidated; as, the juices of plants thicken into wood.

3. To be inspissated; as, vegetable juices thicken as the more volatile parts are evaporated.

4. To become close, or more close or numerous.

The press of people thickens to the court.

5. To become quick and animated.

The combat thickens.

6. To become more numerous; to press; to be crowded. Proofs of the fact thicken upon us at every step.

THICK'ENED, participle passive Made dense, or more dense; made more close or compact; made more frequent; inspissated.

THICK'ENING, participle present tense Making dense or more dense, more close, or more frequent; inspissating.

THICK'ENING, noun Something put into a liquid or mass to make it more thick.

THICK'ET, noun A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set; as a ram caught in a thicket Genesis 22:13.

THICK'HEADED, adjective Having a thick skull; dull; stupid.

THICK'ISH, adjective Somewhat thick.

THICK'LY, adverb Deeply; to great depth.

1. Closely; compactly.

2. In quick succession.

THICK'NESS, noun The state of being thick; denseness; density; as the thickness of fog, vapor or clouds.

1. The state of being concrete or inspissated; consistence; spissitude; as the thickness of paint or mortar; the thickness of honey; the thickness of the blood.

2. The extent of a body from side to side, or from surface to surface; as the thickness of a tree; the thickness of a board; the thickness of the hand; the thickness of a layer of earth.

3. Closeness of the parts; the state of being crowded or near; as the thickness of trees in a forest; the thickness of a wood.

4. The state of being close, dense or impervious; as the thickness of shades.

5. Dullness of the sense of hearing; want of quickness or acuteness; as thickness of hearing.

THICK'SET, adjective [thick and set.] Close planted; as a thickset wood.

1. Having a short thick body.

THICK'SKIN, noun [thick and skin.] A coarse gross person; a blockhead.

THICK'SKULL, noun [thick and skull.] Dullness; or a dull person; a blockhead.

THICK'SKULLED, adjective Dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

THICK'SPRUNG, adjective [thick and sprung.] Sprung up close together.

THIEF, noun plural thieves.

1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.

2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30:5.

3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10:1.

4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Matthew 21:1.

5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.

THIEVE, verb intransitive [from thief.] To steal; to practice theft.

THIE'VERY, noun The practice of stealing; theft. [See Theft.]

Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest.

1. That which is stolen.

THIE'VISH, adjective Given to stealing; addicted to the practice of theft; as a thievish boy.

Or with a base and boist'rous sword enforce

A thievish living on the common road.

1. Secret; sly; acting by stealth; as thievish minutes.

2. Partaking of the nature of theft; as a thievish practice.

THIE'VISHLY, adverb In a thievish manner; by theft.

THIE'VISHNESS, noun The disposition to steal.

1. The practice or habit of stealing.

THIGH, noun That part of men, quadrupeds and fowls, which is between the leg and the trunk.

As the word signifies, it is the thick part of the lower limbs.

THILK, pronoun The same.

THILL, noun The shaft of a cart, gig or other carriage. The thills are the two pieces of timber extending from the body of the carriage on each side of the last horse, by which the carriage is supported in a horizontal position.

THILL'ER

THIM'BLE, noun [I know not the origin or primary sense of this word. Possibly it may be from thumb.]

1. A kind of cap or cover for the finger, usually made of metal, used by tailors and seamstresses for driving the needle through cloth.

2. In sea language, an iron ring with a hollow or groove round its whole circumference, to receive the rope which is spliced about it.

THIME. [See Thyme.]

THIN, adjective [Latin tenuis; Gr. narrow.]

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to the opposite; as a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

2. Rare; not dense; applied to fluids or to soft mixtures; as thin blood; thin milk; thin air.

In the day, when the air is more thin

3. Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals that compose the thing in a close or compact state; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin A thin audience in church is not uncommon. Important legislative business should not be transacted in a thin house.

4. Not full or well grown.

Seven thin ears. Genesis 41:6.

5. Slim; small; slender; lean. A person becomes thin by disease. Some animals are naturally thin

6. Exile; small; fine; not full.

THIN hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.

7. Not thick or close; of a loose texture; not impervious to the sight; as a thin vail.

8. Not crowded or well stocked; not abounding.

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

9. Slight; not sufficient for a covering; as a thin disguise.

THIN, adverb Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state; as seed sown thin

Spain is thin sown as people.

THIN, verb transitive [Latin tenuo. See Attenuate.]

1. To make thin; to make rare or less thick; to attenuate; as, to thin the blood.

2. To make less close, crowded or numerous; as, to thin the ranks of an enemy; to thin the trees or shrubs of a thicket.

3. To attenuate; to rarefy; to make less dense; as, to thin the air; to thin the vapors.

THINE, pronominal adj. Thy; belonging to thee; relating to thee; being the property of thee. It was formerly used for thy, before a vowel.

Then thou mightest eat grapes thy fill, at thine own pleasure. Deuteronomy 32:1.

But in common usage, thy is now used before a vowel in all cases.

The principal use of thine now is when a verb is interposed between this word and the noun to which it refers. I will not take any thing that is thine thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.

In the following passage, thine is used as a substitute for thy righteousness.

I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. Psalms 71:2.

In some cases, it is preceded by the sign of the possessive case, like nouns, and is then also to be considered as a substitute.

If any of thine be driven out to the utmost parts of heaven-- Deuteronomy 30:2.

It is to be observed that thine like thou, is used only in the solemn style. In familiar and common language, your and yours are always used in the singular number as well as the plural.

THING, noun [The primary sense of thing is that which comes, falls or happens, like event, from Latin evenio.]

1. An event or action; that which happens or falls out, or that which is done, told or proposed. This is the general signification of the word in the Scriptures; as after these things, that is, events.

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Genesis 21:11.

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, the thing proceedeth from the Lord. Genesis 24:50.

And Jacob said, all these things are against me. Gen 42.

I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Matthew 21:24.

These things said Esaias when he saw his glory. John 12:16.

In learning French, choose such books as will teach you things as well as language.

2. Any substance; that which is created; any particular article or commodity.

He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt-- Gen 42.

They took the things which Micah had made. Judges 18:7.

3. An animal; as every living thing; every creeping thing Gen 1.

[This application of the word is improper, but common in popular and vulgar language.]

4. A portion or part; something.

Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom--

5. In contempt.

I have a thing in prose.

6. Used of persons in contempt.

See, sons, what things you are,

The poor thing sigh'd.

I'll be this abject thing no more.

7. Used in a sense of honor.

I see thee here,

Thou noble thing!

THINK, verb intransitive preterit tense and participle passive thought, pronoun thaut. [Latin duco.]

1. To have the mind occupied on some subject; to have ideas, or to revolve ideas in the mind.

--For that I am

I know, because I think

These are not matters to be slightly thought on.

2. To judge; to conclude; to hold as a settled opinion. I think it will rain tomorrow. I think it not best to proceed on our journey.

Let them marry to whom they think best. Numbers 36:6.

3. To intend.

Thou thought'st to help me.

I thought to promote thee to great honor. Numbers 24:11.

4. To imagine; to suppose; to fancy.

Edmund, I think is gone

In pity of his misery, to dispatch

His 'nighted life.

Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12.

5. To muse; to meditate.

While Peter thought on the vision--Acts 10:1.

THINK much, speak little.

6. To reflect; to recollect or call to mind.

And when Peter thought thereon, he wept. Mark 14:64.

7. To consider; to deliberate. think how this thing could happen.

He thought within himself, saying, what shall I do?

Luke 12:40.

8. To presume.

THINK not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father-- Matthew 3:9.

9. To believe; to esteem.

To think on or upon, to muse on; to meditate on.

If there by any virtue, and if there by any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8.

1. To light on by meditation. He has just thought on an expedient that will answer the purpose.

2. To remember with favor.

THINK upon me, my God, for good. Nehemiah 5:19.

To think of, to have ideas come into the mind. He thought of what you told him. I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.

To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem.

THINK, verb transitive To conceive; to imagine.

Charity--thinketh no evil. 1 Corinthians 13:5.

1. To believe; to consider; to esteem.

Nor think superfluous others' aid.

2. To seem or appear, as in the phrases, me thinketh or methinks, and methought. These are genuine Saxon phrases, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions, me is actually in the dative case; almost the only instance remaining in the language. Sax 'genoh thuht, ' satis visum est, it appeared enough or sufficient; 'me thineth, ' mihi videtur, it seems to me; I perceive.

To think much, to grudge.

He thought not much to clothe his enemies.

To think much of, to hold in high esteem.

To think scorn, to disdain. Esther 3:1.

THINK'ER, noun One who thinks; but chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker

THINK'ING, participle present tense Having ideas; supposing; judging; imagining; intending; meditating.

1. adjective Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas.

Man is a thinking being.

THINK'ING, noun Imagination; cogitation; judgment.

I heard a bird so sing,

Whose music, to my thinking pleas'd the king.

THIN'LY, adverb [from thin.] In a loose scattered manner; not thickly; as ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.

THIN'NESS, noun The state of being thin; smallness of extent from one side or surface to the opposite; as the thinness of ice; the thinness of a plate; the thinness of the skin.

1. Tenuity; rareness; as the thinness of air or other fluid.

2. A state approaching to fluidity, or even fluidity; opposed to spissitude; as the thinness of honey, of white wash or of paint.

3. Exility; as the thinness of a point.

4. Rareness; a scattered state; paucity; as the thinness of trees in a forest; the thinness of inhabitants.

THIRD, adjective thurd. [Latin tertius.] The first after the second; the ordinal of three. The third hour in the day among the ancients, was nine o'clock in the morning.

THIRD estate, in the British nation, is the commons; or in the legislature, the house of commons.

THIRD order, among the Catholics, is a sort of religious order that observes the same rule and the same manner of life in proportion as some other two orders previously instituted; as the third order of Franciscans, instituted by St. Francis in 1221.

THIRD point or tierce point, in architecture, the point of section in the vertex of an equilateral triangle.

THIRD rate, in navies. A third rate ship carries from 64 to 80 guns.

THIRD sound, in music. See the noun third

THIRD, noun thurd. The third part of any thing. A man takes land and tills it for one third of the produce; the owner taking two thirds.

1. The sixtieth part of a second of time.

2. In music, an interval containing three diatonic sounds; the major composed to two tones, called by the Greeks ditone, and the minor called hemiditone, consisting of a tone and a half.

THIRDBOROUGH, noun thurd'burro. [third and borough.]

An under constable.

THIRD'INGS, noun The third year of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.

THIRD'LY, adverb In the third place.

THIRDS, noun plural The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which by law the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

THIRL, verb transitive thurl. To bore; to perforate. It is now written drill and thrill. [See these words, and see Nos tril.]

THIRLAGE, noun thurl'age. In English customs, the right which the owner of a mill possesses by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.

THIRST, noun thurst. [Latin torreo.]

1. A painful sensation of the throat or fauces, occasioned by the want of drink.

Wherefore is it that thou hast brought us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? Exodus 17:3.

2. A vehement desire of drink. Psalms 104:11.

3. A want and eager desire after any thing.

THIRST of worldly good.

THIRST of knowledge.

THIRST of praise.

THIRST after happiness.

But for is now more generally used after thirst; as a thirst for worldly honors; a thirst for praise.

4. Dryness; drouth.

The rapid current, through veins

Of porous earth with kindly thirst updrawn,

Rose a fresh fountain--

THIRST, verb intransitive thurst.

1. To experience a painful sensation of the throat or fauces for want of drink.

The people thirsted there for water. Exodus 17:3.

2. To have a vehement desire for any thing.

My soul thirsteth for the living God. Psalms 42:2.

THIRST, verb intransitive To want to drink; as, to thirst blood. [Not English.]

THIRST'INESS, noun [form thirsty.]

The state of being thirsty; thirst.

THIRST'ING, participle present tense Feeling pain for want of drink; having eager desire.

THIRST'Y, adjective [from thirst.] Feeling a painful sensation of the throat or fauces for want of drink.

Give me a little water, for I am thirsty Judges 4:19.

I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink. Matthew 25:35.

1. Very dry; having no moisture; parched.

The thirsty land shall become springs of water. Isaiah 35:7.

2. Having a vehement desire of any thing; as in blood-thirsty. Isaiah 44:1.

THIRTEEN, adjective thur'teen. Ten and three; as thirteen times.

THIRTEENTH, adjective thur'teenth. [supra.] The third after the tenth; the ordinal of thirteen; as the thirteenth day of the month.

THIRTEENTH, noun thur'teenth. In music, an interval forming the octave of the sixth, or sixth of the octave.

THIRTIETH, adjective thur'tieth. [from thirty.] The tenth threefold; the ordinal of thirty; as the thirtieth day of the month.

THIRTY, adjective thur'ty. Thrice ten; ten three times repeated; or twenty and ten. The month of June consists of thirty days. Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh.

THIS, definitive adjective or substitute. plural these.

1. this is a definitive, or definitive adjective, denoting something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned. Is this your younger brother? What trespass is this which ye have committed?

Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? John 9:2.

When they heard this they were pricked to the heart. Acts 2:6.

In the latter passage, this is a substitute for what had preceded, vix. the discourse of Peter just delivered. In like manner, this often represents a word, a sentence or clause, or a series of sentences of events.

In some cases, it refers to what is future, or to be immediately related.

But know this that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Matthew 24:14.

Here this refers to the whole subsequent member of the sentence.

2. By this is used elliptically for by this time; as, by this the mail has arrived.

3. this is used with words denoting time past; as, I have taken no snuff for this month; and often with plural words. I have not wept this forty years.

In this case, this in the singular, refers to the whole term of time, or period; this period of forty years.

4. this is opposed to that.

THIS way and that the wav'ring sails they bend.

A body of this or that denomination is produced.

THIS and that, in this use, denote difference indefinitely.

5. When this and that refer to different things before expressed, this refers to the thing last mentioned, and that to the thing first mentioned. [See These.]

Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow.

6. It is sometimes opposed to other.

Consider the arguments which the author had to write this or to design the other, before you arraign him.

THISTLE, noun this'l. The common name of numerous prickly plants of the class Syngenesia, and several genera; as the common corn thistle or Canada thistle of the genus Serratula or Cnicus; the spear thistle of the genus Cnicus; the milk thistle of the genus Carduus; the blessed thistle of the genus Centaurea; the globe thistle of the genus Echinops; the cotton thistle of the genus Onopordon; and the sow thistle of the genus Sonchus. The name is also given to other prickly plants not of the class Syngenesia; as the fuller's thistle or teasel of the genus Dipsacus, and the melon thistle and torch thistle of the genus Cactus.

One species of thistle (Cnicus arvensis, ) grows in fields among grain, and is extremely troublesome to farmers. It is called in America the Canada thistle as it first appeared in Canada, where it was probably introduced from France, as it abounds in Normandy, and also in England. A larger species in America (Cnicus lanceolatus, ) is indigenous, but it spreads slowly and gives no trouble.

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring froth to thee. Genesis 3:18.

THISTLY, adjective this'ly. Overgrown with thistles; as thistly ground.

THITH'ER, adverb To that place; opposed to hither.

This city is near, O let me escape thither Genesis 19:20.

Where I am, thither ye cannot come. John 7:34.

1. To that end or point.

Hither and thither to this place and to that; one way and another.

THITH'ERWARD, adverb [thither and ward.] Toward that place.

They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward Jeremiah 50:5.

THO, a contraction of though. [See Though.]

1. tho for sax. thonne, then. [Not in use.]

THOLE, noun

1. A pin inserted into the gunwale of a boat, to keep the oar in the row-lock, when used in rowing.

2. The pin or handle of a sythe-snath.

THOLE, verb transitive [Latin tollo, tolero.]

To bear; to endure; to undergo.

THOLE, verb intransitive [supra.] To wait. [Local.]

THOLE, noun [Latin tholus.] The roof of a temple. [Not used or local.]

THO'MAISM

THO'MISM , noun The doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas with respect to predestination and grace.

THO'MISM , n. The doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas with respect to predestination and grace.

THO'MIST, noun A follower of Thomas Aquinas, in opposition to the Scotists.

THOM'SONITE, noun [from Thomson.] A mineral of the zeolite family, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure.

THONG, noun A strap of leather, used for fastening any thing.

And nails for loosen'd spears, and thongs for shields provide.

THORAC'IC, adjective [Latin thorax, the breast.] Pertaining to the breast; as the thoracic arteries.

The thoracic duct, is the trunk of the absorbent vessels. It runs up along the spine from the receptacle of the chyle to the left subclavian vein, in which it terminates.

THORAC'ICS, noun plural In ichthyology, an order of bony fishes, respiring by means of gills only, the character of which is that the bronchia are ossiculated, and the ventral fins are placed underneath the thorax, or beneath the pectoral fins.

THO'RAL, adjective [Latin thorus, or rather torus.] Pertaining to a bed.

THO'RAX, noun [Latin] In anatomy, that part of the human skeleton which consists of the bones of the chest; also, the cavity of the chest.

THORI'NA, noun A newly discovered earth, resembling zirconia, found in gadolinite by Berzelius.

THORN, noun

1. A tree or shrub armed with spines or sharp ligneous shoots; as the black thorn; white thorn etc. The word is sometimes applied to a bush with prickles; as a rose on a thorn

2. A sharp ligneous or woody shoot from the stem of a tree or shrub; a sharp process from the woody part of a plant; a spine. thorn differs from prickle; the latter being applied to the sharp points issuing from the bark of a plant and not attached to the wood, as in the rose and bramble. But in common usage, thorn is applied to the prickle of the rose, and in fact the two words are used promiscuously.

3. Any thing troublesome. St. Paul had a thorn in the flesh. 2 Corinthians 12:7. Numbers 33:55.

4. In Scripture, great difficulties and impediments.

I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hosea 2.

5. Worldly cares; things which prevent the growth of good principles. Matthew 13:7.

THORN'-APPLE, noun [thorn and apple.] A plant of the genus Datura; a popular name of the Datura Stramonium, or apple of Peru.

THORN'-BACK, noun [thorn and back.] A fish of the ray kind, which has prickles on its back.

THORN'-BUSH, noun A shrub that produces thorns.

THORN'-BUT, noun A fish, a but or turbot.

THORN'-HEDGE, noun [thorn and hedge.] A hedge or fence consisting of thorn

THORN'LESS, adjective Destitute of thorns; as a thornless shrub or tree.

THORN'Y, adjective Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; as a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny diadem or crown.

1. Troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing; as thorny care; the thorny path of vice.

2. Sharp; pricking; vexatious; as thorny points.

THORN'Y REST-HARROW, noun A plant.

THOROUGH, adjective thur'ro.

1. Literally, passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

2. Passing through; as thorough lights in a house.

THOROUGH, preposition thur'ro. From side to side, or from end to end.

1. By means of. [Not now used.] [See Through.]

THOROUGH, noun thur'ro. An inter-furrow between two ridges.

THOROUGHLY, adverb thur'roly. Fully; entirely; completely; as a room thoroughly swept; a business thoroughly performed. Let the matter be thoroughly sifted. Let every part of the work be thoroughly finished.

THORP, [Latin tribus.] The primary sense is probably a house, a habitation, from fixedness; hence a hamlet, a village, a tribe; as in rude ages the dwelling of the head of a family was soon surrounded by the houses of his children and descendants. In our language, it occurs now only in names of places and persons.

THOS, noun An animal of the wolf kind, but larger than the common wolf. It is common Surinam. It preys on poultry and water fowls.

THOSE, pronoun s as z. plural of that; as those men; those temples. When those and these are used in reference to two things or collections of things, those refers to the first mentioned, as these does to the last mentioned. [See These, and the example there given.]

THOU, pronoun in the obj. thee. The second personal pronoun, in the singular number; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn style.

Art thou he that should come? Matthew 11:3.

I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Psalms 23:4.

THOU is used only in the solemn style, unless in very familiar language, and by the Quakers.

THOU, verb transitive To treat with familiarity.

If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss.

THOU, verb intransitive To use thou and thee in discourse.

THOUGH, verb intransitive tho.

1. Grant; admit; allow. 'If thy brother be waxen poor--thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger.' Grant or admit the fact that he is stranger, yet thou shalt relieve him. Leviticus 25:35.

THOUGH he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job 13:15.

That is, grant or admit that he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him.

THOUGH hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 11:21.

That is, admit the fact that the wicked unite their strength, yet this will not save them from punishment.

Not that I so affirm, though so it seem.

That is, grant that it seems so, yet I do not so affirm.

2. Used with as.

In the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded. Genesis 40:10.

So we use as if; it was as if it budded; and if is gif, give. The appearance was like the real fact, if admitted or true.

3. It is used in familiar language, at the end of a sentence.

A good cause would do well though

This is generally or always elliptical, referring to some expression preceding or understood.

4. It is compounded with all, in although, which see.

THOUGHT, preterit tense and participle passive of think; pronounced thaut.

THOUGHT, adjective thaut. [primarily the passive participle of think, supra.

1. Properly, that which the mind thinks. thought is either the act or operation of the mind, when attending to a particular subject or thing or it is the idea consequent on that operation.

We say, a man's thoughts are employed on government, on religion, on trade or arts, or his thoughts are employed on his dress or his means of living. By this we mean that the mind is directed to that particular subject or object; that is, according to the literal import of the verb think, the mind, the intellectual part of man, is set upon such an object, it holds it in view or contemplation, or it extends to it, it stretches to it.

THOUGHT cannot be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative.

2. Idea; conception. I wish to convey my thoughts to another person. I employ words that express my thoughts, so that he may have the same ideas; in this case, our thoughts will be alike.

3. Fancy; conceit; something framed by the imagination.

THOUGHTs come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or reject.

4. Reflection; particular consideration.

Why do you keep alone?

Using those thoughts which should have died

With them they think on.

5. Opinion; judgment.

Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thoughts.

6. Meditation; serious consideration.

Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,

Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought

7. Design; purpose.

All their thoughts are against me for evil. Psalms 56:5.

Jeremiah 29:11.

8. Silent contemplation.

9. Solicitude; care; concern.

Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end.

10. Inward reasoning; the workings of conscience.

Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Romans 2:15.

11. A small degree or quantity; as a thought longer; a thought better. [Not in use.]

To take thought to be solicitous or anxious. Matthew 6:25.

THOUGHT'FUL, adjective Full of thought; contemplative; employed in meditation; as a man of thoughtful mind.

1. Attentive; careful; having the mind directed to an object; as thoughtful of gain.

2. Promoting serious thought; favorable to musing or meditation.

War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.

3. Anxious; solicitous.

Around her crowd distrust and doubt and fear,

And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care.

THOUGHT'FULLY, adverb With thought or consideration; with solicitude.

THOUGHT'FULNESS, noun Deep meditation.

1. Serious attention to spiritual concerns.

2. Anxiety; solicitude.

THOUGHT'LESS, adjective Heedless; careless; negligent.

Thoughtless of the future.

1. Gay; dissipated.

2. Stupid; dull.

Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain.

THOUGHT'LESSLY, adverb Without thought; carelessly; stupidly.

THOUGHT'LESSNESS, noun Want of thought; heedlessness; carelessness; inattention.

THOUGHT'SICK, adjective [thought and sick.] Uneasy with reflection.

THOU'SAND, adjective s as z.

1. Denoting the number of ten hundred.

2. Proverbially, denoting a great number indefinitely. It is a thousand chances to one that you succeed.

THOU'SAND, noun The number of ten hundred.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Psalms 91:7.

Thousand is sometimes used plurally without the plural termination, as in the passage above, ten thousand; but it often takes the plural termination. In former times, how many thousands perished by famine!

THOU'SANDTH, adjective The ordinal of thousand; as the thousandth part of a thing; also proverbially, very numerous.

THOU'SANDTH, noun The thousandth part of any thing; as two thousandths of a tax.

THOWL. [See Thole.]

THRACK, verb transitive To load or burden. [Not in use.]

THRALL, noun

1. A slave.

2. Slavery.

THRALL, verb transitive To enslave. [Enthrall is in use.]

THRALL'DOM, noun Slavery; bondage; a state of servitude. The Greeks lived in thralldom under the Turks, nearly four hundred years.

He shall rule, and she in thralldom live.

[This word is in good use.]

THRAP'PLE, noun The windpipe of an animal. [Not an English word.]

THRASH, verb transitive

1. To beat out grain from the husk or pericarp with a flail; as, to thrash wheat, rye or oats.

2. To beat corn off from the cob or spike; as, to thrash maiz.

3. To beat soundly with a stick or whip; to drub.

THRASH, verb intransitive To practice thrashing; to perform the business of thrashing; as a man who thrashes well.

1. To labor; to drudge.

I rather would be Mevius, thrash for rhymes,

Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times--

THRASH'ED, participle passive Beaten out of the husk or off the ear.

1. Freed from the grain by beating.

THRASH'ER, noun One who thrashes grain.

THRASH'ING, participle present tense Beating out of the husk or off the ear; beating soundly with a stick or whip.

THRASH'ING, noun The act of beating out grain with a flail; a sound drubbing.

THRASON'ICAL, adjective [from Thraso, a boaster in old comedy.]

1. Boasting; given to bragging.

2. Boastful; implying ostentatious display.

THRAVE, noun A drove; a herd. [Not in use.]

THRAVE, noun The number of two dozen. [Not in use.]

THREAD

THREAD'BARE

THREAD'BARENESS

THREAD'EN

THREAD'Y

THREAP, verb transitive To chide, contend or argue. [Local.]

THREAD'BARE

THREAD'BARENESS

THREAD'EN

THREAD'Y

THREAP, v.t. To chide, contend or argue. [Local.]

THREAT, noun thret. A menace; denunciation of ill; declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, loss or pain on another.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.

THREAT, verb transitive thret. To threaten, which see. threat is used only in poetry.

THREATEN, verb transitive thret'n.

1. To declare the purpose of inflicting punishment, pain or other evil on another, for some sin or offense; to menace. God threatens the finally impenitent with everlasting banishment from his presence.

2. To menace; to terrify or attempt to terrify by menaces; as for extorting money.

To send threatening letters is a punishable offense.

3. To charge or enjoin with menace, or with implied rebuke; or to charge strictly.

Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in his name. Acts 4:17.

4. To menace by action; to present the appearance of coming evil; as, rolling billows threaten to overwhelm us.

5. To exhibit the appearance of something evil or unpleasant approaching; as, the clouds threaten us with rain or a storm.

THREATENED, participle passive thret'nd. Menaced with evil.

THREATENER, noun thret'ner. One that threatens.

THREATENING, participle present tense thret'ning. Menacing; denouncing evil.

1. adjective Indicating a threat or menace; as a threatening look.

2. Indicating something impending; as, the weather is threatening; the clouds have a threatening aspect.

THREATENING, noun thret'ning. The act of menacing; a menace; a denunciation of evil, or declaration of a purpose to inflict evil on a person or country, usually for sins and offenses. The prophets are filled with God's threatenings against the rebellious Jews. Acts 4:29.

THREATENINGLY, adverb thret'ningly. With a threat or menace; in a threatening manner.

THREATFUL, adjective thret'ful. Full of threats; having a menacing appearance; minacious.

THRED, noun

1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length.

2. The filament of a flower.

3. The filament of any fibrous substance, as of bark.

4. A fine filament or line of gold or silver.

5. Air-threads, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders.

6. Something continued in a long course or tenor; as the thread of a discourse.

7. The prominent spiral part of a screw.

THREAD

THRED, verb transitive To pass a thread through the eye; as, to thread a needle.

1. To pass or pierce through, as a narrow way or channel.

They would not thread the gates,

Heavy trading ships--threading the Bosporus.

THRED'BARE, adjective [thread and bare.] Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; as a threadbare coat; threadbare clothes.

1. Worn out; trite; hackneyed; used till it has lost its novelty or interest; as a threadbare subject; state topics and threadbare quotations.

THRED'BARENESS, noun The state of being threadbare or trite.

THRED'EN, adjective Made of thread; as threaden sails. [Little used.]

THREAD'-SHAPED

THRED'-SHAPED , adjective In botany, filiform.

THRED'Y, adjective Like thread or filaments; slender.

1. Containing thread.

THREE, adjective [Latin tres.]

1. Two and one.

I offer thee three things. 2 Samuel 24:12.

2. It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers.

Abishai--attained not to the first three 2 Samuel 23:9.

3. Proverbially, a small number.

Away, thou three-inched fool. [I believe obsolete.]

THREE'FOLD, adjective [three and fold.] Three-double; consisting of three; or thrice repeated, as threefold justice.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12.

THREE'SCORE, adjective [three and score.] Thrice twenty; sixty; as threescore years.

THRENE, noun [Gr.] Lamentation. [Not used.]

THREN'ODY, noun [Gr. lamentation, and ode.] A song of lamentation.

THRESH, verb transitive To thrash. [See Thrash.] The latter is the popular pronunciation, but the word is written thrash or thresh indifferently. [See the derivation and definitions under Thrash.]

THRESH'ER, noun The sea fox.

THRESH'HOLD, noun

1. The door-sill; the plank, stone or piece of timber which lies at the bottom or under a door, particularly of a dwelling house, church, temple or the like; hence, entrance; gate; door.

2. Entrance; the place or point of entering or beginning. He is now at the threshhold of his argument.

Many men that stumble at the threshhold

THREW, preterit tense of throw.

THRICE, adverb [from three; perhaps three, and Latin vice.]

1. Three times.

Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice Matthew 26:34.

2. Sometimes used by way of amplification; very.

THRICE noble Lord, let me entreat of you

To pardon me.

THRID, verb transitive To slide through a narrow passage; to slip, shoot or run through, as a needle, bodkin, or the like.

Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair.

THRID'DED, participle passive Slid through.

THRID'DING, participle present tense Sliding through; causing to pass through.

THRIFT, noun [from thrive.] Frugality; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property.

The rest--willing to fall to thrift; prove very good husbands.

1. Prosperity; success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain.

I have a mind presages me such thrift

2. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

3. In botany, a plant of the genus Statice.

THRIFT'ILY, adverb Frugally; with parsimony.

1. With increase of worldly goods.

THRIFT'INESS, noun Frugality; good husbandry; as thriftiness to save; thriftiness in preserving one's own.

1. Prosperity in business; increase of property.

THRIFT'LESS, adjective Having no frugality or good management; profuse; extravagant; not thriving.

THRIFT'Y, adjective Frugal; sparing; using economy and good management of property.

I am glad he has so much youth and vigor left, of which he has not been thrifty

1. More generally, thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as a thrifty farmer or mechanic.

2. Thriving; growing rapidly or vigorously; as a plant.

3. Well husbanded.

I have five hundred crowns,

The thrifty hire I sav'd under your father.

THRILL, noun [See the Verb.] A drill.

1. A warbling. [See Trill.]

2. A breathing place or hole.

THRILL, verb transitive

1. To bore; to drill; to perforate by turning a gimblet or other similar instrument. [But in the literal sense, drill is now chiefly or wholly used. Spenser used it literally in the clause, 'with thrilling point of iron brand.']

2. To pierce; to penetrate; as something sharp.

The cruel word her tender heart so thrill'd,

That sudden cold did run through every vein

A servant that he bred, thrill'd with remorse.

THRILL, verb intransitive To pierce; to penetrate; as something sharp; particularly, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.

A faint cold fear thrills through my veins.

1. To feel a sharp shivering sensation running through the body.

To seek sweet safety out

In vaults and prisons; and to thrill and shake--

THRILL'ED, participle passive Penetrated; pierced.

THRILL'ING, participle present tense Perforating; drilling.

1. Piercing; penetrating; having the quality of penetrating; passing with a tingling, shivering sensation.

2. Feeling a tingling, shivering sensation running through the system.

THRING, verb transitive To press, crowd or throng. [Not used.]

THRIS'SA, noun A fish of the herring kind.

THRIVE, verb intransitive

1. To prosper by industry, economy and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate. A farmer thrives by good husbandry. When the body of laboring men thrive we pronounce the state prosperous.

Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.

2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.

O son, why sit we here, each other viewing

Idly, while Satan our great author thrives?

They by vices thrive

3. To grow; to increase in bulk or stature; to flourish. Young cattle thrive in rich pastures; and trees thrive in a good soil.

4. To grow; to advance; to increase or advance in any thing valuable.

THRI'VER, noun One that prospers in the acquisition of property.

THRI'VING, participle present tense Prospering in worldly goods.

1. adjective Being prosperous or successful; advancing in wealth; increasing; growing; as a thriving mechanic; a thriving trader.

THRI'VINGLY, adverb In a prosperous way.

THRI'VINGNESS

THRI'VING , noun Prosperity; growth; increase.

THRO, a contraction of through, not now used.

THROAT, noun

1. The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.

In medicine, the fauces; all that hollow or cavity which may be seen when the mouth is wide open.

2. In seamen's language, that end of a gaff which is next the mast.

3. In ship-building, the inside of the knee-timber at the middle or turns of the arms; also, the inner part of the arms of an anchor where they join the shank; and the middle part of a floor-timber.

THROAT-brails, brails attached to the gaff, close to the mast.

THROAT-halliards, are those that raise the throat of the gaff.

THROAT, verb transitive To mow beans in a direction against their bending. [Local.]

THROATY, adjective Guttural.

THROB, verb intransitive [perhaps allied to drive and to drub; at least its elements and signification coincide.] To beat, as the heart or pulse, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate. The heart throbs with joy, desire of fear; the violent action of the heart is perceived by a throbbing pulse.

My heart throbs to know one thing.

We apply the word also the breast.

Here may his head live on my throbbing breast.

THROB, noun A beat or strong pulsation; a violent beating of the heart and arteries; a palpitation.

Thou talk'st like one who never felt

Th' impatient throbs and longings of a soul

That pants and reaches after distant good.

THROB'BING, participle present tense Beating with unusual force, as the heart and pulse; palpitating.

THROB'BING, noun The act of beating with unusual force, as the heart and pulse; palpitation.

THROD'DEN, verb intransitive To grow; to thrive. [Not in use or local.]

THROE, noun Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony. It is particularly applied to the anguish of travail in child-birth.

My throes came thicker, and my cries increas'd.

THROE, verb intransitive To agonize; to struggle in extreme pain.

THROE, verb transitive To put in agony.

THRONE, noun [Latin thronus.]

1. A royal seat; a chair of state. The throne is sometimes an elegant chair richly ornamented with sculpture and gilding, raised a step above the floor, and covered with a canopy.

2. The seat of a bishop.

3. In Scripture, sovereign power and dignity.

Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Genesis 41:40.

Thy throne O God, is forever. Psalms 45:6.

4. Angels. Colossians 1:16.

5. The place where God peculiarly manifests his power and glory.

The heaven is my throne and the earth my footstool. Isaiah 66:1.

THRONE, verb transitive To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.

1. To place in an elevated position; to give an elevated place to; to exalt.

True image of the Father, whether thron'd

In the bosom of bliss and light of light.

THRO'NED, participle passive Placed on a royal seat, or on an elevated seat; exalted.

THRONG, noun

1. A crowd; a multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; as a throng of people at a play-house.

2. A great multitude; as the heavenly throng

THRONG, verb intransitive To crowd together; to press into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to come in multitudes.

I have seen

The dumb men throng to see him.

THRONG, verb transitive To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Much people followed him, and thronged him. Mark 5:24.

THRONG'ED, participle passive Crowded or pressed by a multitude of persons.

THRONG'ING, participle present tense Crowding together; pressing with a multitude of persons.

THRONG'ING, noun The act of crowding together.

THRONG'LY, adverb In crowds. [Not in use.]

THROP'PLE, noun The windpipe of a horse. [Local.]

THROSTLE, noun thros'l. A bird of the genus Turdus, the song-thrush.

THROS'TLING, noun A disease of cattle of the ox kind, occasioned by a swelling under their throats, which unless checked, will choke them.

THROT'TLE, noun [from throat.] The windpipe or larynx.

THROT'TLE, verb intransitive To choke; to suffocate; or to obstruct so as to endanger suffocation.

1. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

THROT'TLE, verb transitive To utter with breaks and interruptions, as a person half suffocated.

Throttle their practic'd accents in their fears.

THROUGH, preposition thru.

1. From end to end, or from side to side; from one surface or limit to the opposite; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.

2. Noting passage; as, to pass through a gate or avenue.

THROUGH the gates of iv'ry he dismiss'd

His valiant offspring.

3. By transmission, noting the means of conveyance.

THROUGH these hands this science has passed with great applause.

Material things are presented only through their senses.

4. By means of; by the agency of; noting instrumentality. This signification is a derivative of the last.

THROUGH the scent of water it will bud. Job 14:9.

Some through ambition, or through thirst of gold,

Have slain their brothers, and their country sold.

Sanctify them through thy truth. John 17:11.

The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:11.

5. Over the whole surface or extent; as, to ride through the country.

Their tongue walketh through the earth. Psalms 73:9.

6. Noting passage among or in the midst of; as, to move through water, as a fish; to run through a thicket, as a deer.

THROUGH, adverb thru. From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through

1. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through

2. To the end; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through

To carry through to complete; to accomplish.

To go through to prosecute a scheme to the end.

1. To undergo; to sustain; as, to go through hardships.

THROUGHLY, adverb thru'ly. Completely; fully; wholly.

1. Without reserve; sincerely.

[For this, thoroughly is now used.]

THROUGHOUT, preposition thruout'. [through and out.] Quite through; in every part; from one extremity to the other. This is the practice throughout Ireland. A general opinion prevails throughout England. throughout the whole course of his life, he avoided every species of vice.

THROUGHOUT, adverb throut'. In every part. The cloth was of a piece throughout

THROVE, old preterit tense of thrive.

THROW, verb transitive preterit tense threw; participle passive thrown. [Gr. to run; Latin trochilus.]

1. Properly, to hurl; to whirl; to fling or cast in a winding direction.

2. To fling or cast in any manner; to propel; to send; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine. Thus we throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a bomb throws a shell. The Roman balista threw various weapons. A fire engine throws water to extinguish flames.

3. To wind; as, to throw silk.

4. To turn; as, to throw balls in a lathe.

[Not in general use.]

5. To venture at dice.

Set less than thou throwest.

6. To cast; to divest or strip one's self of; to put off; as, a serpent throws his skin.

7. To cast; to send.

I have thrown

A brave defiance in king Henry's teeth.

8. To put on; to spread carelessly.

O'er his fair limbs a flow'ry vest he threw.

9. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

10. To cast; to drive by violence; as a vessel or sailors thrown upon a rock.

To throw away, to lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; as, to throw away time; to throw away money.

1. To bestow without a compensation.

2. To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer.

To throw by, to lay aside or neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment.

To throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall.

1. To bring down from a high station; to depress.

To throw in, to inject.

1. To put in; to deposit with others; also, to give up or relinquish.

To throw off, to expel; to clear from; as, to throw off a disease.

1. To reject; to discard; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent.

To throw on, to cast on; to load.

To throw out, to cast out; to reject or discard; to expel.

1. To utter carelessly; to speak; as, to throw out insinuations or observations.

2. To exert; to bring forth into act.

She throws out thrilling shrieks.

3. To distance; to leave behind.

4. To exclude; to reject. The bill was thrown out on the second reading.

To throw up, to resign; as, to throw up a commission.

1. To resign angrily.

Bad games are thrown up too soon.

2. To discharge from the stomach.

To throw one's self down, to lie down.

To throw one's self on, to resign one's self to the favor, clemency or sustaining power of another; to repose.

THROW, verb intransitive To perform the act of throwing.

1. To cast dice.

To throw about, to cast about; to try expedients. [Not much used.]

THROW, noun The act of hurling or flinging; a cast; a driving or propelling from the hand or from an engine.

He heav'd a stone, and rising to the throw

He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe.

1. A cast of dice; and the manner in which dice fall when cast; as a good throw None but a fool hazards all upon one throw

2. The distance which a missile is or may be thrown; as a stone's throw

3. A stroke; a blow.

Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws.

4. Effort; violent sally.

Your youth admires

The throws and swellings of a Roman soul.

5. The agony of travail. [See Throe.]

6. A turner's lathe. [Local.]

THROWER, noun One that throws; one that twists or winds silk; a throwster.

THROWN, participle passive of throw. Cast; hurled; wound or twisted.

THROWSTER, noun One that twists or winds silk.

THRUM, noun [Gr. a fragment; to break.] The ends of weaver's threads.

1. Any coarse yarn.

2. Thrums, among gardeners, the thread-like internal bushy parts of flowers; the stamens.

THRUM, verb intransitive To play coarsely on an instrument with the fingers.

THRUM, verb transitive To weave; to know; to twist; to fringe.

1. Among seamen, to insert short pieces of rope-yard or spun yard in a sail or mat.

THRUSH, noun

1. A bird, a species of Turdus, the largest of the genus; the Turdus viscivorus or missel-bird.

2. An affection of the inflammatory and suppurating kind, in the feet of the horse and some other animals. In the horse it is in the frog.

3. In medicine, (Latin apthoe, ) ulcers in the mouth and fauces.

THRUST, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive thrust [Latin trudo, trusum, trusito.]

1. To push or drive with force; as, to thrust any thing with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Neither shall one thrust another. Joel 2:8. John 20:25.

2. To drive; to force; to impel.

To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject. Acts 7:27.

To thrust in, to push or drive in.

THRUST in thy sickle and reap. Revelation 14:15.

To thrust on, to impel; to urge.

To thrust off, to push away.

To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. Numbers 25:8. 2 Samuel 18:14.

To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel. Exodus 12:39.

To thrust one's self, to obtrude; to intrude; to enter where one is not invited or not welcome.

To thrust together, to compress.

THRUST, verb intransitive To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

1. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

And thrust between my father and the god.

2. To intrude.

3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on.

Young, old, thrust there

In mighty concourse.

THRUST, noun A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a word much used in fencing.

Polites Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,

And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.

1. Attack; assault.

There is one thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.

[Note. Push and shove do not exactly express the sense of thrust The two former imply the application of force by one body already in contact with the body to be impelled. thrust on the contrary, often implies the impulse or application of force by a moving body, a body in motion before it reaches the body to be impelled. This distinction does not extend to every case.]

THRUST'ER, noun One who thrusts or stabs.

THRUST'ING, participle present tense Pushing with force; driving; impelling; pressing.

THRUST'ING, noun The act of pushing with force.

1. In dairies, the act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. [Local.]

THRUST'INGS, noun In cheese-making, the white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

[The application of this word to cheese-making, is, I believe, entirely unknown in New England.]

THRUS'TLE, noun The thrust. [See Throstle.]

THU'LITE, noun A rare mineral of a peach blossom color, found in Norway.

THUM, noun The short thick finger of the human hand, or the corresponding member of other animals. [The common orthography is corrupt. The real word is thum ]

THUMB

THUM, , verb transitive To handle awkwardly; to play with the fingers; as, to thum over a tune.

1. To soil with the fingers.

THUMB

THUM, verb intransitive To play on with the fingers.

THUMB'-BAND

THUM'-BAND , noun [thum and band.] A twist of any thing as thick as the thum

THUMB

THUMB'ED

THUM'MERSTONE, noun A mineral so called from Thus, in Saxony, where it was found. It is called also axinite, from the resemblance of its flat sharp edges to that of an ax. It is either massive or crystallized; its crystals are in the form of a compressed oblique rhomboidal prism. It is of the silicious kind, and of a brown gray or violet color.

THUM'MED, adjective Having thumbs.

THUM'MIM, noun plural A Hebrew word denoting perfections. The Urim and thummim were worn in the breastplate of the high priest, but what they were, has never been satisfactorily ascertained.

THUMP, noun A heavy blow given with any thing that is thick, as with a club or the fist, or with a heavy hammer, or with the britch of a gun.

The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.

THUMP, verb transitive To strike or beat with something thick or heavy.

THUMP, verb intransitive To strike or fall on with a heavy blow.

A watchman at night thumps with his pole.

THUMP'ER, noun The person or thing that thumps.

THUMP'ING, participle present tense Striking or beating with something thick or blunt.

1. adjective Heavy.

2. Vulgarly, stout; fat; large.

THUM'-RING, noun A ring worn on the thum.

THUM'-STALL, noun [thum and stall.] A kind of thimble or ferule of iron, horn or leather, with the edges turned up to receive the thread in making sails. It is worn on the thum to tighten the stitches.

THUN'DER, noun [Latin tonitru, from tono, to sound.]

1. The sound which follows an explosion of electricity or lightning; the report of a discharge of electrical fluid, that is, of its passage from one cloud to another, or from a cloud to the earth, or from the earth to a cloud. When this explosion is near to a person, the thunder is a rattling or clattering sound, and when distant, the sound is heavy and rumbling. The fact is in some degree the same with the report of a cannon. This sharpness or acuteness of the sound when near, and the rumbling murmur when distant, are the principal distinctions in thunder [Thunder is not lightning, but the effect of it. See Johnson's Dictionary, under thunder ]

There were thunders and lightnings. Exodus 19:16.

2. thunder is used for lightning, or for a thunderbolt, either originally through ignorance, or by way of metaphor, or because the lightning and thunder are closely united.

The revenging gods

'Gainst parricides all the thunder bend.

3. Any loud noise; as the thunder of cannon.

Sons of thunder Mark 3:17.

4. Denunciation published; as the thunders of the Vatican.

THUN'DER, verb intransitive To sound, rattle or roar, as an explosion of electricity.

Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Job 40:9.

1. To make a loud noise, particularly a heavy sound of some continuance.

His dreadful voice no more

Would thunder in my ears.

2. To rattle, or give a heavy rattling sound.

And roll the thund'ring chariot o'er the ground.

THUN'DER, verb transitive To emit with noise and terror.

Oracles severe

Were daily thunder'd in our gen'ral's ear.

1. To publish any denunciation or threat.

An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure.

THUN'DERBOLT, noun [thunder and bolt.]

1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of the electrical fluid, passing from one part of the heavens to another, and particularly from the clouds to the earth. Psalms 78:48.

2. Figuratively, a daring or irresistible hero; as the Scipios, those thunderbolts of war.

3. Fulmination; ecclesiastical denunciation.

He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication.

4. In mineralogy, thunder-stone.

THUN'DERER, noun He that thunders.

THUN'DERING, participle present tense Making the noise of an electrical explosion; uttering a loud sound; fulminating denunciations.

THUN'DERING, noun The report of an electrical explosion; thunder.

Entreat the Lord that there by no more mighty thunderings and hail. Exodus 9:28.

THUN'DROUS, adjective Producing thunder.

How he before the thunderous throne doth lie. [Little used.]

THU'RIBLE, noun [Latin thuribulum, from thus, thuris, frankincense.]

A censer; a pan for incense. [Not in use.]

THURIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin thurifer; thus and fero, to bear.]

Producing or bearing frankincense.

THURIFICA'TION, noun [Latin thus, thuris, and facio, to make.]

The act of fuming with incense; or the act of burning incense.

THURSDAY, noun [The god of thunder, answering to the Jove of the Greeks and Romans, Latin dies Jovis.]

The fifth day of the week.

THUS, adverb In this or that manner; on this wise; as, thus saith the Lord; the Pharisee prayed thus

THUS did Noah, according to all that God commanded him. Genesis 6:22.

1. To this degree or extent; as thus wise; thus peaceable.

THUS far extend, thus far thy bounds--

2. In the phrase, thus much, it seems to be an adjective, equivalent to this much.

THWACK, verb transitive To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang; to beat or thrash.

THWACK, noun A heavy blow with something flat or heavy.

THWACK'ING, participle present tense Striking with a heavy blow.

THWAITE, noun A fish, a variety of the shad.

1. A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, inclosed and converted to tillage. [Local.

THWART, adjective thwort. [Latin verto, versus.] Transverse; being across something else.

Mov'd contrary with thwart obliquities.

THWART, verb transitive thwort. To cross; to be, lie or come across the direction of something.

Swift as a shooting star

In autumn thwarts the night.

1. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. We say, to thwart a purpose, design or inclination; or to thwart a person.

If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.

The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.

THWART, verb intransitive To be in opposition.

--A proposition that shall thwart at all with these internal oracles. [Unusual and improper.]

THWART, noun The seat or bench of a boat on which the rowers sit.

THWART'ED, participle passive Crossed; opposed; frustrated.

THWART'ER, noun A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling or convulsive motions.

THWART'ING, participle present tense Crossing; contravening; defeating.

THWART'ING, noun The act of crossing or frustrating.

THWART'INGLY, adverb In a cross direction; in opposition.

THWART'NESS, noun Untowardness; perverseness.

THWART'SHIPS, adverb Across the ship.

THWITE, verb transitive To cut or clip with a knife. [Local.]

THWIT'TLE, verb transitive To whittle. [See Whittle.]

THY, adjective [contracted from thine, or from some other derivative of thou. It is probable that the pronoun was originally thig, thug or thuk, and the adjective thigen. See Thou.]

THY is the adjective of thou, or a pronominal adjective, signifying of thee, or belonging to thee, like tuus in Latin. It is used in the solemn and grave style.

These are thy works, parent of good.

THYine wood, a precious wood, mentioned Revelation 18:10.

THY'ITE, noun The name of a species of indurated clay, of the morochthus kind, of a smooth regular texture, very heavy, of a shining surface, and of a pale green color.

THYME, noun usually pronounced improperly time. [Latin thymus.]

A plant of the genus Thymus. The garden thyme is a warm pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasonings and soups.

Thymus. [Gr.] In anatomy, a glandular body, divided into lobes, situated behind the sternum in the duplicature of the mediastinum. It is largest in the fetus, diminishes after birth, and in adults often entirely disappears. It has no excretory duct, and its use is unknown. In calves it is called sweetbread.

THY'MY, adjective Abounding with thyme; fragrant.

THY'ROID, adjective [Gr. a shield, and form.] Resembling a shield; applied to one of the cartilages of the larynx, so called from its figure, to a gland situated near that cartilage, and to the arteries and veins of the gland.

The thyroid cartilage constitutes the anterior, superior, and largest part of the larynx.

The thyroid gland is situated on the sides and front of the lower part of the larynx, and the upper part of the trachea. It is copiously supplied with blood, but is not known to furnish any secretion. It is the seat of the bronchocele or goiter.

THYRSE, noun [Latin thyrsus.] In botany, a species of inflorescence; a panicle contracted into an ovate form, or a dense or close panicle, more or less of an ovate figure, as in the lilac.

THYSELF', pronoun [thy and self.] A pronoun used after thou, to express distinction with emphasis. 'Thou thyself shalt go; ' that is, thou shalt go and no other. It is sometimes used without thou, and in the nominative as well as objective case.

These goods thyself can on thyself bestow.