Thirst – Thrush

Thirst

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.]

Thirstiness

THIRST'INESS, noun [form thirsty.]

The state of being thirsty; thirst.

Thirsting

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

Thirsty

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

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

Thirteenth

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

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

Thirty

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

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

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

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

Thither

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.

Thitherward

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

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

Tho

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

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

Thole

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.]

Thomaism

THO'MAISM

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

Thomism

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

Thomist

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

Thomsonite

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

Thong

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

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

Thoracic

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.

Thoracics

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.

Thoral

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

Thorax

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.

Thorina

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

Thorn

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

Thornless

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

Thorny

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.

Thorny-Trefoil

THORN'Y-TREFOIL, noun A plant of the genus Fagonia.

Thorough

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.

Thorough-Base

THOROUGH-BASE, noun thur'ro-base. [thorough and base.] In music, an accompaniment to a continued base by figures.

Thorough-Bred

THOROUGH-BRED, adjective thur'ro-bred. [thorough and bred.] Completely taught or accomplished.

Thorough-Fare

THOROUGH-FARE, noun thur'ro-fare. [thorough and fare.]

1. A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way.

2. Power of passing.

Thorough-Paced

THOROUGH-PACED, adjective thur'ro-paced. [thorough and paced.]

Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as a thorough-paced tory or whig.

Thorough-Sped

THOROUGH-SPED, adjective thur'ro-sped. [thorough and sped.]

Fully accomplished; thorough-paced.

Thorough-Stitch

THOROUGH-STITCH, adverb thur'ro-stitch. [thorough and stitch.]completely; going the whole length of any business. [Not elegant.]

Thorough-Wax

THOROUGH-WAX, noun thur'ro-wax. [thorough and wax.]

A plant of the genus Bupleurum.

Thorough-Wort

THOROUGH-WORT, noun thur'ro-wort. The popular name of a plant, the Eupatorium perfoliatum, a native of noun America. It is valued in medicine.

Thoroughly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Thoughtful

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.

Thoughtfully

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

Thoughtfulness

THOUGHT'FULNESS, noun Deep meditation.

1. Serious attention to spiritual concerns.

2. Anxiety; solicitude.

Thoughtless

THOUGHT'LESS, adjective Heedless; careless; negligent.

Thoughtless of the future.

1. Gay; dissipated.

2. Stupid; dull.

Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain.

Thoughtlessly

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

Thoughtlessness

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

Thoughtsick

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

Thousand

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!

Thousandth

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

THOWL. [See Thole.]

Thrack

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

Thrall

THRALL, noun

1. A slave.

2. Slavery.

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

Thralldom

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.]

Thrapple

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

Thrash

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--

Thrashed

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

1. Freed from the grain by beating.

Thrasher

THRASH'ER, noun One who thrashes grain.

Thrashing

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.

Thrashing-Floor

THRASH'ING-FLOOR, noun [thrash and floor.] A floor or area on which grain is beaten out.

Thrasonical

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

1. Boasting; given to bragging.

2. Boastful; implying ostentatious display.

Thrave

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

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

Thread

THREAD

THREAD'BARE

THREAD'BARENESS

THREAD'EN

THREAD'Y

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

Threadbare

THREAD'BARE

Threadbareness

THREAD'BARENESS

Threaden

THREAD'EN

Thready

THREAD'Y

Threap

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

Threat

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

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

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

Threatener

THREATENER, noun thret'ner. One that threatens.

Threatening

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

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

Threatful

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

Thred

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.

Thredbare

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.

Thredbareness

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

Threden

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

THREAD'-SHAPED

THRED'-SHAPED , adjective In botany, filiform.

Thredy

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

1. Containing thread.

Three

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-Capsuled

THREE-CAP'SULED, adjective Tricapsular.

Three-Celled

THREE-CEL'LED, adjective Trilocular.

Three-Cleft

THREE-CLEFT', adjective Trifid.

Three-Cornered

THREE'-CORNERED, adjective [three and corner.]

1. Having three corners or angles; as a three-cornered hat.

2. In botany, having three sides, or three prominent longitudinal angles, as a stem.

Three-Flowered

THREE'-FLOWERED, adjective [three and flower.]

Bearing three flowers together.

Three-Grained

THREE'-GRAINED, adjective Tricoccous.

Three-Leaved

THREE'-LEAVED, adjective [three and leaf.] Consisting of three distinct leaflets; as a three-leaved calyx.

Three-Lobed

THREE'-LOBED, adjective [three and lobe.] A three-lobed leaf, is one that is divided to the middle into three parts, standing wide from each other and having convex margins.

Three-Nerved

THREE'-NERVED, adjective [three and nerve.] A three-nerved leaf, has three distinct vessels or nerves running longitudinally without branching.

Three-Parted

THREE'-P'ARTED, adjective [three and parted.] Tripartite. A three-parted leaf, is divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.

THREE'-PENCE, noun thrip'ence. [three and pence.]

A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.

THREE'-PENNY, adjective thrip'enny. Worth three pence only; mean.

Three-Petaled

THREE'-PETALED, adjective [three and petal.] Tripetalous; consisting of three distinct petals; as a corol.

THREE'-PILE, noun [three and pile.] An old name for good velvet.

THREE'-PILED, adjective Set with a thick pile.

Three-Pointed

THREE'-POINTED, adjective Tricuspidate.

Three-Seeded

THREE'-SEEDED, adjective [three and seed.] Containing three seeds; as a three-seeded capsule.

Three-Sided

THREE'-SIDED, adjective [three and side.] Having three plane sides; as a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

Three-Valved

THREE'-VALVED, adjective [three and valve.] Trivalvular; consisting of three valves; opening with three valves; as a three-valved pericarp.

Threefold

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.

Threescore

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

Threne

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

Threnody

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

Thresh

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.]

Thresher

THRESH'ER, noun The sea fox.

Threshhold

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

THREW, preterit tense of throw.

Thrice

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

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.

Thridded

THRID'DED, participle passive Slid through.

Thridding

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

Thrift

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.

Thriftily

THRIFT'ILY, adverb Frugally; with parsimony.

1. With increase of worldly goods.

Thriftiness

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

1. Prosperity in business; increase of property.

Thriftless

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

Thrifty

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

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--

Thrilled

THRILL'ED, participle passive Penetrated; pierced.

Thrilling

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

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

Thrissa

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

Thrive

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.

Thriver

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

Thriving

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.

Thrivingly

THRI'VINGLY, adverb In a prosperous way.

Thrivingness

THRI'VINGNESS

THRI'VING , noun Prosperity; growth; increase.

Thro

THRO, a contraction of through, not now used.

Throat

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.]

Throat-Pipe

THROAT-PIPE, noun [throat and pipe.] The windpipe or weasand.

Throat-Wort

THROAT-WORT, noun [throat and wort.] A plant of the genus Campanula, a perennial weed common in pasture-ground; also, a plant of the genus Trachelium.

Throaty

THROATY, adjective Guttural.

Throb

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.

Throbbing

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.

Throdden

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

Throe

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

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.

Throned

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

Throng

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.

Thronged

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

Thronging

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

THRONG'ING, noun The act of crowding together.

Throngly

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

Thropple

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

Throstle

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

Throstling

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

Throttle

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

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.

Through-Bred

THROUGH-BRED, should be thorough-bred.

Through-Lighted

THROUGH-LIGHTED, should be thorough-lighted. [Not used.]

Through-Paced

THROUGH-PACED. [Not used.] [See Thorough-paced.]

Throughly

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

1. Without reserve; sincerely.

[For this, thoroughly is now used.]

Throughout

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

THROVE, old preterit tense of thrive.

Throw

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

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

Thrown

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

Throwster

THROWSTER, noun One that twists or winds silk.

Thrum

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

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.