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2. To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither. Hither and thither, to this place and to that; one way and another.

Syn. -- There. Thither, There. Thither properly denotes motion toward a place; there denotes rest in a place; as, I am going thither, and shall meet you there. But thither has now become obsolete, except in poetry, or a style purposely conformed to the past, and there is now used in both senses; as, I shall go there to-morrow; we shall go there together.

THITHER Thith"er, a.

1. Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water. W. D. Howells.

2. Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a. Huxley.

THITHERTO Thith"er*to`, adv.

Defn: To that point; so far. [Obs.]

THITHERWARD Thith"er*ward, adv.

Defn: To ward that place; in that direction. They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward. Jer. l. 5.

THITSEE Thit"see, n. Etym: [Written also theesee, and thietsie.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).

2. A black varnish obtained from the tree.

THLIPSIS Thlip"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.

THO Tho (tho), def. art.

Defn: The. [Obs.] Spenser.

THO Tho, pron. pl.

Defn: Those. [Obs.] This knowen tho that be to wives bound. Chaucer.

THO Tho, adv. Etym: [AS. þa.]

Defn: Then. [Obs.] Spenser. To do obsequies as was tho the guise. Chaucer.

THO Tho, conj.

Defn: Though. [Reformed spelling.]

THOLE Thole, n. [Written also thowel, and thowl.] Etym: [OE. thol, AS. þol; akin to D. dol, Icel. þollr a fir tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]

1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. Longfellow.

2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. Thole pin. Same as Thole.

THOLE Thole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tholed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tholing.] Etym: [OE. þolen, þolien, AS. þolian; akin to OS. tholon, OHG. dolen, G. geduld patience, dulden to endure, Icel. þola, Sw. tåla, Dan. taale, Goth. þulan, L. tolerate, tulisse, to endure, bear, tollere to lift, bear, Gr. tul to lift. *55. Cf. Tolerate.]

Defn: To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] Gower. So much woe as I have with you tholed. Chaucer. To thole the winter's steely dribble. Burns.

THOLE Thole, v. i.

Defn: To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

THOMAEAN; THOMEAN Tho*mæ"an, Tho*me"an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: A member of the ancient church of Christians established on the Malabar coast of India, which some suppose to have been originally founded by the Apostle Thomas.

THOMAS PHOSPHATE; THOMAS SLAG Thom"as phos"phate or slag .

Defn: Same as Basic slag, above.

THOMAS PROCESS Thom"as proc"ess. (Iron Metal.)

Defn: Same as Basic process, above.

THOMISM; THOMAISM Tho"mism, Tho"ma*ism, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.

THOMIST Tho"mist, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist.

THOMITE Tho"mite, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: A Thomæan.

THOMSENOLITE Thom"sen*o*lite, n. Etym: [Named after Dr. J.Thomsen of Copenhagen. See -lite.] (Min.)

Defn: A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of Greenland.

THOMSEN'S DISEASE Thom"sen's dis*ease". Etym: [From Thomsen, a physician of Sleswick.] (Med.)

Defn: An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction.

THOMSONIAN Thom*so"ni*an, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism. -- n.

Defn: A believer in Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.

THOMSONIANISM Thom*so"ni*an*ism, n. (Med.)

Defn: An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.

THOMSONITE Thom"son*ite, n. Etym: [From R.D.Thomson, of Glasgow.] (Min.)

Defn: A zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. Called also mesole, and comptonite.

THOMSON PROCESS Thomson process. [After Elihu Thomson, American inventor.]

Defn: A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.

THONG Thong, n. Etym: [OE. thong, þwong, thwang, AS. þwang; akin to Icel. þvengr a thong, latchet. *57. Cf. Twinge.]

Defn: A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything. And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields, provide. Dryden. Thong seal (Zoöl.), the bearded seal. See the Note under Seal.

THOOID Tho"oid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovels and the dogs.

THOR Thor, n. Etym: [Icel. þors. Cf. Thursday.] (Scand. Myth.)

Defn: The god of thunder, and son of Odin.

THORACENTESIS Tho`ra*cen*te"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Surg.)

Defn: The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.

THORACIC Tho*rac"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest. Thoracic duct (Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of Lacteal.

THORACIC Tho*rac"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.

THORACICA Tho*rac"i*ca, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.

THORACOMETER Tho`ra*com"e*ter, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: Same as Stethometer.

THORACOPLASTY Tho`ra*co*plas"ty, n. Etym: [Thorax + plasty.] (Med.)

Defn: A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.

THORACOSTRACA Tho`ra*cos"tra*ca, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Thorax, and Ostracoid, a.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec

THORACOTOMY Tho`ra*cot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)

Defn: The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.

THORAL Tho"ral, a. Etym: [L. torus a couch, bed.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a bed. [R.]

THORAX Tho"rax, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebræ, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.

Note: In mammals the thoracic cavity is completely separated from the abdominal by the diaphragm, but in birds and many reptiles the separation is incomplete, while in other reptiles, and in amphibians and fishes, there is no marked separation and no true thorax.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera. (b) The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.

3. (Antiq.)

Defn: A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.

THORIA Tho"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Thorite.] (Chem.)

Defn: A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.

THORIC Thor"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.

THORITE Tho"rite, n. Etym: [So called by Berzelius from the Scandinavian god Thor. See Thor.] (Min.)

Defn: A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of thorium.

THORIUM Tho"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Thorite.] (Chem.)

Defn: A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria; -- formerly called also thorinum. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0.

THORN Thorn, n. Etym: [AS. þorn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. törne, Icel. þorn, Goth. þaúrnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. trsnsa grass, blade of grass. *53.]

1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

3. Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. 2 Cor. xii. 7. The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be only mine. Southern.

4. The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine. Thorn apple (Bot.), Jamestown weed. -- Thorn broom (Bot.), a shrub that produces thorns. -- Thorn hedge, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes. -- Thorn devil. (Zoöl.) See Moloch, 2. -- Thorn hopper (Zoöl.), a tree hopper (Thelia cratægi) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees.

THORN Thorn, v. t.

Defn: To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic] I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him. Tennyson.

THORNBACK Thorn"back`, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).

THORNBILL Thorn"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.

THORNBIRD Thorn"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.

THORNBUT Thorn"but, n. Etym: [Thorn + -but as in halibut; cf. G. dornbutt.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The turbot.

THORN-HEADED Thorn"-head`ed, a.

Defn: Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm (Zoöl.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.

THORNLESS Thorn"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of, or free from, thorns.

THORNSET Thorn"set`, a.

Defn: Set with thorns. Dyer.

THORNTAIL Thorn"tail`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.

THORNY Thorn"y, a. [Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.] Etym: [Cf. AS. þorniht.]

1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of bare distress." Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. Shak. Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow. -- Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (F. Cretica, etc.).

THORO Thor"o, a.

Defn: Thorough. [Reformed spelling.]

THOROUGH Thor"ough, prep. Etym: [See Through.]

Defn: Through. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

THOROUGH Thor"ough, a.

1. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. [Obs.]

2. Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

THOROUGH Thor"ough, adv.

1. Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.

2. Through. [Obs.] Shak.

THOROUGH Thor"ough, n.

Defn: A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

THOROUGH BASS Thor"ough bass`. (Mus.)

Defn: The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.

THOROUGH-BRACE Thor"ough-brace`, n.

Defn: A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.

THOROUGHBRED Thor"ough*bred`, a.

Defn: Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like. -- n.

Defn: A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.

THOROUGHFARE Thor"ough*fare`, n. Etym: [AS. þurhfaru.]

1. A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street. A large and splendid thoroughfare. Motley.

2. A passing or going through; passage. [R.] [Made] Hell and this world -- one realm, one continent Of easy thoroughfare. Milton.

THOROUGHGOING Thor"ough*go`ing, a.

1. Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.

2. Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common in this sense.

THOROUGH-LIGHTED Thor"ough-light`ed, a. (Arch.)

Defn: Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building. Gwilt.

THOROUGHLY Thor"ough*ly, adv.

Defn: In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

THOROUGHNESS Thor"ough*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.

THOROUGHPACED Thor"ough*paced`, a.

Defn: Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig. If she be a thoroughplaced impostor. Sir W. Scott.

THOROUGHPIN Thor"ough*pin`, n. (Far.)

Defn: A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.

THOROUGHSPED Thor"ough*sped`, a.

Defn: Fully accomplished; thoroughplaced. [R.] Swift.

THOROUGHSTITCH Thor"ough*stitch`, adv.

Defn: So as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely. [Obs.] Preservance alone can carry us thoroughstitch. L'Estrange.

THOROUGHWAX Thor"ough*wax`, n. (Bot.) (a) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves. (b) Thoroughwort.

THOROUGHWORT Thor"ough*wort`, n.

Defn: Same as Boneset.

THOROW Thor"ow, prep.

Defn: Through. [Obs.] "Thorow bramble, pits, and floods." Beau. & Fl.

THOROW Thor"ow, a.

Defn: Thorough. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

THORP; THORPE Thorp, Thorpe (thôrp), n. Etym: [AS. þorp; akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. þorp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm, Goth. þaúrp a field, and probably to Lith. troba a building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed village, a tribe, clan, Gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps to L. turba a crowd, mult. Cf. Dorp.]

Defn: A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe. "Within a little thorp I staid." Fairfax. Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.

THOSE Those, pron. Etym: [OE. þos, þas, AS. edhas, nom. and acc. pl. of edhes this. See This, and cf. These.]

Defn: The plural of that. See That.

THOTH Thoth, n.

1. (Myth.)

Defn: The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Egyptian sacred baboon.

THOU Thou, pron. [Sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thy or Thine (; obj. Thee. Pl.: nom. You (; poss. Your or Yours (; obj. You.] Etym: [OE. thou, þu, AS. edhu, edhu; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. þu, Goth. þu, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. *185. Cf. Thee, Thine, Te Deum.]

Defn: The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. Art thou he that should come Matt. xi. 3.

Note: "In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty." Skeat.

Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou.

THOU Thou, v. t.

Defn: To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt. If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss. Shak.

THOU Thou, v. i.

Defn: To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. [R.]

THOUGH Though (tho), conj. Etym: [OE. thogh, þah, AS. edheáh, edhæh, edheh; akin to OS. thoh, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. þo yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, Goth. þáuh, þáu, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin. *184.]

Defn: Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. Milton.

Note: It is compounded with all in although. See Although. As though, as if. In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded. Gen. xl. 10.

THOUGH Though, adv.

Defn: However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence. I would not be as sick though for his place. Shak. A good cause would do well, though. Dryden.

THOUGHT Thought,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Think.

THOUGHT Thought, n. Etym: [OE. þoght, þouht, AS. þoht, geþoht, fr. þencean to think; akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. daht, gedaht, Icel. þottr, þotti. See Think.]

1. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation. Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative. Dr. T. Dwight.

2. Meditation; serious consideration. Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault, Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought. Roscommon.

3. That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention. Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought. Pope. Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts which should indeed have died With them they think on Shak. Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject. Dryden. All their thoughts are against me for evil. Ps. lvi. 5.

4. Solicitude; anxious care; concern. Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end. Bacon. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink. Matt. vi. 25.

5. A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better. [Colloq.] If the hair were a thought browner. Shak.

Note: Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current, denotes the capacity for, or the exercise of, the very highest intellectual functions, especially those usually comprehended under judgment. This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the "elaborative faculty," -- the faculty of relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is properly denominated thought. Sir W. Hamilton.

Syn. -- Idea; conception; imagination; fancy; conceit; notion; supposition; reflection; consideration; meditation; contemplation; cogitation; deliberation.

THOUGHTFUL Thought"ful, a.

1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope.

2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth. Glanvill.

3. Anxious; solicitous; concerned. Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care. Prior.

Syn. -- Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive; careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet. -- Thoughtful, Considerate. He who is habitually thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually be guarded against serious mistakes. "He who is thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is the recommendation of a confidential person to be considerate, as he has often Crabb. -- Thought"ful*ly, adv. -- hought"ful*ness, n.

THOUGHTLESS Thought"less, adv.

1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.

2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. [R.] Johnson.

3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly, adv. -- Thought"less*ness, n.

THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE Thought transference.

Defn: Telepathy.

THOUSAND Thou"sand, n. Etym: [OE. þousend, þusend, AS. þusend; akin to OS. thusundig, thusind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t, d, Icel. þusund, þushund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. þusundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]

1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7.

Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred.

3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI.

THOUSAND Thou"sand, a.

1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares." Shak.

THOUSANDFOLD Thou"sand*fold`, a.

Defn: Multiplied by a thousand.

THOUSAND LEGS Thou"sand legs`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.

THOUSANDTH Thou"sandth, a.

1. Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.

2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.

3. Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.

THOUSANDTH Thou"sandth, n.

Defn: The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.

THOWEL; THOWL Thow"el, Thowl, n. Etym: [See Thole.] (Naut.) (a) A thole pin. (b) A rowlock. I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels. Dickens.

THRACIAN Thra"cian, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people. -- n.

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Thrace.

THRACK Thrack, v. t.

Defn: To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property. [Obs.] South.

THRACKSCAT Thrack"scat, n.

Defn: Metal still in the mine. [Obs.]

THRALDOM Thral"dom, n. Etym: [Icel. . See Thrall, and -dom.]

Defn: The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude. [Written also thralldom.] Women are born to thraldom and penance And to be under man's governance. Chaucer. He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. Dryden.

THRALL Thrall, n. Etym: [OE. thral, , Icel. , perhaps through AS. ; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. to run, Goth. , Gr. dregil, drigil, a servant.]

1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer. Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott.

2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman.

3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

THRALL Thrall, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser. The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer.

THRALL Thrall, v. t.

Defn: To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.

THRALLDOM Thrall"dom, n.

Defn: Thraldom.

THRALL-LESS Thrall"-less, a. (a) Having no thralls. (b) Not enslaved; not subject to bonds.

THRALL-LIKE Thrall"-like`, a.

Defn: Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish. Servile and thrall-like fear. Milton.

THRANITE Thra"nite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.

THRAPPLE Thrap"ple, n. Etym: [Also thropple, corrupted fr. throttle.]

Defn: Windpipe; throttle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

THRASH; THRESH Thrash, Thresh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.] Etym: [OE. , , to beat, AS. , ; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.]

1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.

2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

THRASH; THRESH Thrash, Thresh, v. t.

1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden.

THRASHEL Thrash"el, n.

Defn: An instrument to thrash with; a flail. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

THRASHER; THRESHER Thrash"er, Thresh"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush. Sage thrasher. (Zoöl.) See under Sage. -- Thrasher whale (Zoöl.), the common killer of the Atlantic.

THRASHING Thrash"ing,

Defn: a. & n. from Thrash, v. Thrashing floor, Threshing-floor, or Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. -- Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw.

THRASONICAL Thra*son"ic*al, a. Etym: [From Thrso, the name of a braggart soldier in Terence's "Eunuch:" cf. L. Thrasonianus.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious. -- Thra*son"ic*al*ly, adv. Cæsar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.' Shak.

THRASTE Thraste, v. t. [imp. Thraste; p. p. Thrast.]

Defn: To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

THRAVE Thrave, n. Etym: [OE. , , Icel. ; akin to Dan. trave; cf. Icel. to grasp.]

1. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]

2. The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. "The worst of a thrave." [Obs.] Landsdowne MS. He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale. Bp. Hall.

THRAW Thraw, n. & v.

Defn: See Throse. [Scot.] Burns.

THREAD Thread, n. Etym: [OE. threed, , AS. ; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. drat, Icel. a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and AS. to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third.]

1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.

3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.

4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet.

5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.] A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. B. Jonson. Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. -- Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. -- Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.

THREAD Thread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.]

1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus. Mitford. They would not thread the gates. Shak.

3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

THREADBARE Thread"bare`, a.

1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." Chaucer.

2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.

THREADBARENESS Thread"bare`ness, n.

Defn: The state of being threadbare.

THREADEN Thread"en, a.

Defn: Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [Obs.] Shak.

THREADER Thread"er, n.

1. A device for assisting in threading a needle.

2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.

THREADFIN Thread"fin`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

THREADFISH Thread"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.

THREADINESS Thread"i*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being thready.

THREAD-SHAPED Thread"-shaped`, a.

Defn: Having the form of a thread; filiform.

THREADWORM Thread"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.

THREADY Thread"y, a.

1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.

THREAP Threap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] Etym: [AS. to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.]

1. To call; to name. [Obs.]

2. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.

3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

THREAP Threap, v. i.

Defn: To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques.

THREAP Threap, n.

Defn: An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.

THREAT Threat, n. Etym: [AS. , akin to a to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. to fail, want, lack, Goth. us to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.]

Defn: The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; meance; threatening; denunciation. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.

THREAT Threat, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. , AS. . See Threat, n.]

Defn: To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak. Of all his threating reck not a mite. Chaucer. Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. Dryden.

THREATEN Threat"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threatened; p. pr. & vb. n. Threatening.] Etym: [OE. . See Threat, v. t.]

1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn. Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. Acts iv. 17.

2. To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death. Milton. The skies look grimly And threaten present blusters. Shak.

Syn. -- To menace. -- Threaten, Menace. Threaten is Anglo-Saxon, and menace is Latin. As often happens, the former is the more familiar term; the latter is more employed in formal style. We are threatened with a drought; the country is menaced with war. By turns put on the suppliant and the lord: Threatened this moment, and the next implored. Prior. Of the sharp ax Regardless, that o'er his devoted head Hangs menacing. Somerville.

THREATEN Threat"en, v. i.

Defn: To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance. Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. Shak.

THREATENER Threat"en*er, n.

Defn: One who threatens. Shak.

THREATENING Threat"en*ing,

Defn: a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv. Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.

THREATFUL Threat"ful, a.

Defn: Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. Spenser. -- Threat"ful*ly, adv.

THREAVE Threave, n.

Defn: Same as Thrave. [Obs.]

THREE Three, a. Etym: [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þri, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dri, Icel. þrir, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. *301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]

Defn: One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." 2 Sam. xxiv. 12. Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble.

Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three- mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.

THREE Three, n.

1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.

THREE-COAT Three"-coat`, a. (Arch.)

Defn: Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

THREE-COLOR Three"-col`or, a.

Defn: Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.

THREE-CORNERED Three"-cor`nered, a.

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

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem.

THREE-DECKER Three"-deck`er, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

THREE-FLOWERED Three"-flow`ered, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

THREEFOLD Three"fold`, a. Etym: [OE. þreofald; cf. AS. þrifeald.]

Defn: Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.

THREE-HANDED Three"-hand`ed, a.

Defn: Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.

THREE-LEAFED; THREE-LEAVED Three"-leafed`, Three"-leaved`, a. (Bot.) (a) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade. (b) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes. Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.

THREE-LOBED Three"-lobed`, a.

Defn: Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded.

THREE-MILE Three"-mile`, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or zone) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state.

THREE-NERVED Three"-nerved`, a.

Defn: Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.

THREE-PARTED Three"-part`ed, a.

Defn: Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.

THREEPENCE Three"pence, n.

Defn: A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny. [Eng.]

THREEPENNY Three"pen*ny, a.

Defn: Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

THREE-PILE Three"-pile`, n.

Defn: An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.

THREE-PILED Three"-piled`, a.

1. Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. [R.] Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece. Shak.

2. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown. "Three-piled hyperboles." Shak.

3. Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. [Obs.] "Three-piled people." Beau. & Fl.

THREE-PLY Three"-ply`, a.

Defn: Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.

THREE-POINTED Three"-point`ed, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

THREE-PORT Three"-port`, a.

Defn: Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.

THREE-QUARTER Three"-quar`ter, a. (Paint.)

Defn: Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.

THREE-SCORE Three"-score`, a.

Defn: Thrice twenty; sixty.

THREE-SIDED Three"-sid`ed, a.

Defn: Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

THREE-SQUARE Three"-square`, a.

Defn: Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

THREE-TORQUE SYSTEM OF CONTROL Three"-torque` system of control. (Aëronautics)

Defn: Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aëroplane or airship.

THREE-VALVED Three"-valved`, a.

Defn: Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.

THREE-WAY Three"-way`, a.

Defn: Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.

THRENE Threne, n. Etym: [L. threnus, Gr. Drone.]

Defn: Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. Shak. The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah. Jer. Taylor.

THRENETIC; THRENETICAL Thre*net"ic, Thre*net"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Threne.]

Defn: Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.

THRENODE Thren"ode, n.

Defn: A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.

THRENODIST Thren"o*dist, n.

Defn: One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.

THRENODY Thren"o*dy, n. Etym: [Gr. Threne, and Ode.]

Defn: A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert.

THREPE Threpe, v. t. Etym: [See Threap.]

Defn: To call; to term. [Obs.] "Luna silver we threpe." Chaucer.

THREPSOLOGY Threp*sol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Med.)

Defn: The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.

THRESH Thresh, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Threshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Threshing.]

Defn: Same as Thrash. He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.

THRESHER Thresh"er, n.

Defn: Same as Thrasher.

THRESH-FOLD Thresh"-fold`, n.

Defn: Threshold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

THRESHOLD Thresh"old, n. Etym: [OE. threswold, þreshwold, AS. þrescwald, þerscwald, þerscold, þrescold, fr. þrescan, þerscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. þreskjöde, þröskuldr, Sw. tröskel, Dan. tærskel. See Thrash.]

1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

THRESHWOLD Thresh"wold`, n.

Defn: Threshold. [Obs.]

THRESTE Threste, v. t. [imp. Threste; p. p. & Threst.]

Defn: To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

THRETTEEN Thret"teen`, a.

Defn: Thirteen. [Obs. or Scot.]

THRETTY Thret"ty, a.

Defn: Thirty. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns.

THREW Threw,

Defn: imp. of Throw.

THRIBBLE Thrib"ble, a.

Defn: Triple; treble; threefold. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq.] Halliwell.

THRICE Thrice, adv. Etym: [OE. thries; thrie thrice (AS. , ) + -s, the adverbal suffix. See Three, and -wards.]

1. Three times. "Thrice in vain." Spenser. Verily I say unto thee. That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Matt. xxvi. 34.

2. In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very. Thrice noble lord, let me entreat of you To pardon me. Shak. Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. Shak.

Note: Thrice is often used, generally with an intensive force, to form compounds which are usually of obvious meaning; as, in thrice- blessed, thrice-favored, thrice-hallowed, thrice-happy, thrice-told, and the like.

THRICECOCK Thrice"cock`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

THRID Thrid, a.

Defn: Third. [Obs.] Chaucer.

THRID Thrid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Thridding.] Etym: [A variant of thread.]

1. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair. Pope. And now he thrids the bramble bush. J. R. Drake. I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes. Tennyson.

2. To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.

THRID Thrid, n.

Defn: Thread; continuous line. [Archaic] I resume the thrid of my discourse. Dryden.

THRIFALLOW Thri"fal`low, v. t.

Defn: See Thryfallow, and Trifallow. [R.] Tusser.

THRIFT Thrift, n. Etym: [Icel. . See Thrive.]

1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser.

2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift is gone full clean." Chaucer. I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak.

3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.

Syn. -- Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.

THRIFTILY Thrift"i*ly, adv.

1. In a thrifty manner.

2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [Obs.] A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [greeted]. Chaucer.

THRIFTINESS Thrift"i*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.

THRIFTLESS Thrift"less, a.

Defn: Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. -- Thrift"less*ly, adv. -- Thrift"less*ness, n.

THRIFTY Thrift"y, a. [Compar. Thriftier; superl. Thriftiest.]

1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal. Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. Chaucer. I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty. Swift.

2. Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.

3. Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.

4. Secured by thrift; well husbanded. [R.] I have five hundred crowns, The thrifty hire I saved under your father. Shak.

5. Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming. [Obs.] I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth. Chaucer.

Syn. -- Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful.

THRILL Thrill, n. Etym: [See Trill.]

Defn: A warbling; a trill.

THRILL Thrill, n. Etym: [AS. an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.]

Defn: A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

THRILL Thrill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] Etym: [OE. thrillen, , , to pierce; all probably fr. AS. , , Fr. pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. *53. See Through, and cf. Drill to bore, Nostril, Trill to trickle.]

1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. Spenser.

2. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate. To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick- ribbed ice. Shak. Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the M. Arnold. The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. Spenser.

3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.] I'll thrill my javelin. Heywood.

THRILL Thrill, v. i.

1. To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. Shak.

2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body. To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake. Shak.

THRILL Thrill, n.

1. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.

2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. Burns.

THRILLANT Thrill"ant, a.

Defn: Piercing; sharp; thrilling. [Obs.] "His thrillant spear." Spenser.

THRILLING Thrill"ing, a.

Defn: Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance. -- Thrill"ing*ly, adv. -- Thrill"ing*ness, n.

THRING Thring, v. t. & i. [imp. Throng.] Etym: [AS. . See Throng.]

Defn: To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] Chaucer.

THRIPS Thrips, n. Etym: [L., a woodworm, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).

Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects.

THRIST Thrist, n.

Defn: Thrist. [Obs.] Spenser.

THRITTENE Thrit"tene`, a.

Defn: Thirteen. [Obs.] Chaucer.

THRIVE Thrive, v. i. [imp. Throve or Thrived (; p. p. Thrived or Thriven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.] Etym: [OE. , Icel. ; probably originally, to grasp for one's self, from to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. Thrift.]

1. To posper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry. Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold. I. Watts.

2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success. "They by vices thrive." Sandys. O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives Milton. And so she throve and prospered. Tennyson.

3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.

THRIVEN Thriv"en,

Defn: p. p. of Thrive.

THRIVER Thriv"er, n.

Defn: One who thrives, or prospers.

THRIVINGLY Thriv"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a thriving manner.

THRIVINGNESS Thriv"ing*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.

THRO' Thro'.

Defn: A contraction of Through.

THROAT Throat, n. Etym: [OE. throte, AS. , ; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle.]

1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak.

2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt.

4. (Naut.) (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. Totten.

5. (Shipbuilding)

Defn: The inside of a timber knee.

6. (Bot.)

Defn: The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to the mast. -- Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the gaff. -- Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea. -- To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably. -- To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.

THROAT Throat, v. t.

1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [Obs.] Chapman.

2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [Prov. Eng.]

THROATBAND Throat"band`, n.

Defn: Same as Throatlatch.

THROATBOLL Throat"boll`, n. Etym: [Throat + boll a ball.]

Defn: The Adam's apple in the neck. [Obs. or R.] By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. Chaucer.

THROATING Throat"ing, n. (Arch.)

Defn: A drip, or drip molding.

THROATLATCH Throat"latch`, n.

Defn: A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.

THROATWORT Throat"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.

THROATY Throat"y, a.

Defn: Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. "Hard, throaty words." Howell.

THROB Throb, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Throbbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Throbbing.] Etym: [OE. ; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.]

Defn: To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc. My heart Throbs to know one thing. Shak. Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. Shak.

THROB Throb, n.

Defn: A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation: The IMPATIENT throbs and longings of a soul That pants and reaches after distant good. Addison.

THRODDEN Throd"den, v. i. Etym: [Prov. E. throdden, throddle, fat, thriving; cf. Icel. throask to grow.]

Defn: To grow; to thrive. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

THROE Throe, n. Etym: [OE. , , AS. a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. to suffer.]

1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. Milton.

2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

THROE Throe, v. i.

Defn: To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

THROE Throe, v. t.

Defn: To put in agony. [R.] Shak.

THROMBIN Throm"bin, n. [See Thrombus.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: The fibrin ferment which produces the formation of fibrin from fibrinogen.

THROMBOSIS Throm*bo"sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Thrombus.] (Med.)

Defn: The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance. -- Throm*bot"ic, a.

THROMBUS Throm"bus, n.; pl. Thrombi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) (a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation. (b) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

THRONE Throne, n. Etym: [OE. trone, F. trône, L. thronus, Gr. dharansa supporting, dhrs to hold fast, carry, and E. firm, a.]

1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary. The noble king is set up in his throne. Chaucer. High on a throne of royal state. Milton.

2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. 40. To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. Tennyson.

3. pl.

Defn: A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. Milton. Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young.

THRONE Throne, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throned; p. pr. & vb. n. Throning.]

1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. Shak.

2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. True image of the Father, whether throned In the bosom of bliss, and light of light. Milton.

THRONE Throne, v. i.

Defn: To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. Shak.

THRONELESS Throne"less, a.

Defn: Having no throne.

THRONG Throng, n. Etym: [OE. þrong, þrang, AS. geþrang, fr. þringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. þryngva, þröngva, Goth. þriehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. þröng a throng, Lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. Thring.]

1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.