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The

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.

Thearchy

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

Theater

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.

Theatral

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

Theatre

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.

Theatric

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.

Theatrically

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

Theave

THEAVE'

THEE, pronoun obj. case of thou.

THEE, verb intransitive To thrive; to prosper.

Thee

THEE, pron. obj. case of thou.

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

Theft

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

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.

Theism

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.

Theist

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

Theistic

THEIS'TIC

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

Them

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Thenceforward

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

Thencefrom

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

Theocracy

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.

Theocraticical

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.

Theodicy

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

The science of God; metaphysical theology.

Theodolite

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.

Theogony

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.

Theologaster

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

Theologian

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

Theologic

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.

Theologically

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

Theologist

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

Theologize

THEOL'OGIZE, verb transitive To render theological.

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

Theologizer

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

Theologue

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

Theology

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.

Theomachist

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

One who fights against the gods.

Theomachy

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

1. Opposition to the divine will.

Theopathy

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

Theorbo

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.

Theorem

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.

Theorematic

THEOREMAT'IC

THEOREMAT'ICAL

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

Theorematical

THEOREMAT'ICAL

Theoretic

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.

Theoretically

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.

Theoric

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.

Theorist

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.

Theorize

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

Theory

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.

Theosophic

THEOSOPH'IC

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

Theosophism

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

Pretension to divine illumination; enthusiasm.

Theosophist

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

Theosophy

THEOS'OPHY, noun Divine wisdom; godliness.

1. Knowledge of God.

Therapeutic

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.

Therapeutics

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

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

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.

Thereafter

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

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

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

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

Therefore

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

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

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

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

Thereof

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

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

Thereon

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

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

Thereout

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

Thereto

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

Add the fifth part thereto. Leviticus 5:16.

Thereunder

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

Thereunto

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

Add the fifth part thereto. Leviticus 5:16.

Thereupon

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.

Therewhile

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

Therewith

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

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.

Therf-Bread

THERF-BREAD, adjective therf'bred. Unleavened bread. [Not in use.]

Theriac

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

Theriacal

THERI'ACAL, adjective Pertaining to theriac; medicinal.

Thermal

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.

Thermolamp

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

An instrument for furnishing light by means of inflammable gas.

Thermometer

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.

Thermometrical

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

1. Made by a thermometer; as thermometrical observations.

Thermometrically

THERMOMET'RICALLY, adverb By means of a thermometer.

Thermoscope

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

These

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.

Thesis

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.

Thetical

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

Theurgic

THEUR'GIC

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

Theugic hymns, songs of incantation.

Theurgist

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

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

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

1. Brawn. [Not in use.]

Thewed

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

They

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.

Thible

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

Thick

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

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.

Thickened

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

Thickening

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.

Thicket

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

Thickheaded

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

Thickish

THICK'ISH, adjective Somewhat thick.

Thickly

THICK'LY, adverb Deeply; to great depth.

1. Closely; compactly.

2. In quick succession.

Thickness

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.

Thickset

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

1. Having a short thick body.

Thickskin

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

Thickskull

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

Thickskulled

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

Thicksprung

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

Thief

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.

Thief-Catcher

THIE'F-CATCHER, noun [thief and catch.] One who catches thieves, or whose business is to detect thieves and bring them to justice.

Thief-Leader

THIE'F-LEADER, noun [thief and lead.] One who leads or takes a thief. [Not much used.]

Thief-Taker

THIE'F-TAKER, noun [thief and taker.] One whose business is to find and take thieves and bring them to justice.

Thieve

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

Thievery

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.

Thievish

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.

Thievishly

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

Thievishness

THIE'VISHNESS, noun The disposition to steal.

1. The practice or habit of stealing.

Thigh

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

THILK, pronoun The same.

Thill

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-Horse

THILL'-HORSE, noun The horse which goes between the thills or shafts, and supports them. In a team, the last horse.

Thiller

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

THIME. [See Thyme.]

Thin

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

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

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

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.

Thinker

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

Thinking

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.

Thinly

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

Thinness

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

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

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

An under constable.

Thirdings

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.

Thirdly

THIRD'LY, adverb In the third place.

Thirds

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

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

Thirlage

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.