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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Thór'ŏugh-wăx, n. p. 1377(Bot.) (a.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Bupleurum. (b.) Thoroughwort. Lee.Thōr'ough-wort, n. p. 1377(Bot.) A North American plant (the Eupatorium perfoliatum), found in low or wet grounds, and valued for its medicinal properties; boneset.Thôr'ōw, a. p. 1377Passing through; thorough. He hoped a thorow passage to be that way. Hakluyt. 2. Complete; perfect.Thŏr'ōw, prep. p. 1377Through. [Obs.] “Thorow brambles, pits, and floods.” Beau. & Fl.Thôrp, n. p. 1377A small village; a hamlet; a dorp; — now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons. Within a little thorp I staid at last. Fairfax.Thōse, pron. p. 1377pl. of that. [A-S. thā, nom. and acc. pl. of the, theō, thāt, thās, nom. and acc. pl. of thes, theōs, thī, this. See THESE.] See THAT.Thōth, n. p. 1377(Myth.) The god of eloquence among the ancient Egyptians, supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans.Thou, pron. p. 1377The 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…Thou, v. t. p. 1377To treat with familiarity or contempt, by using thou toward. If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss. Shak.Thou, v. t. p. 1377To use the words thou and thee in discourse.Though, adv. & conj. p. 1377Granting; admitting; notwithstanding. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15. Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. Prov. xi. 21. Not that I so affirm…Thōught, imp. & p. p. p. 1377of think. See THINK.Thōught, n. p. 1377The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any way except sense and perception; reflection. Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become…Thought'ful, a. p. 1378Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. 2. Attentive; careful; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain. 3. Anxious; solicitous…Thought'ful-ly, adv. p. 1378In a thoughtful manner; with thought, consideration, or solicitude.Thought'ful-ness, n. p. 1378The state or quality of being thoughtful; deep meditation; serious attention; anxiety; solicitude.Thought'less, a. p. 1378Lacking or free from thought; careless; negligent. “Thoughtless of the future.” Rogers. 2. Gay; dissipated. [Rare.] Johnson. 3. Stupid; dull. “Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain.”…Thought'less-ly, adv. p. 1378In a thoughtless manner; without thought; carelessly; stupidly.Thought'less-ness, n. p. 1378The state or quality of being thoughtless; heedlessness; carelessness; inattention.Thought'-sick, a. p. 1378Uneasy with reflection. Shak.Thou'sand, a. p. 1378Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred. 2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. “Perplexed with a thousand cares.” Shak.Thou'sand, n. p. 1378The number of ten hundred; the sum of ten times one hundred. 2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7. ☞ Thousand is…Thou'sand-fōld, a. p. 1378Multiplied by a thousand.Thou'sandth, a. p. 1378Next in order after nine hundred and ninety-nine;—the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing. 2. Constituting or being one of a thousand equal parts into which any thing is divided.…Thou'sandth, n. p. 1378The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts.Thōw'el or Thōwl, n. p. 1378(Naut.) (a.) A thole or thole-pin. (b.) A rowlock. See THOLE. Afterward I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the ears worked in the thowels. Dickens.Thrā'cian, a. p. 1378(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Thrace.Thrā'cian, n. p. 1378(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Thrace.Thrăck, v. t. p. 1378To load or burden. [Obs.] South.Thrāck'seat, n. p. 1378Metal still in the mine. [Obs.]Thral'dōm, n. p. 1378See THRALLDOM.Thrall, n. p. 1378A slave; a bondman. “Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.” W. Scott. 2. Slavery; bondage; servitude. He still in thrall Of all-subduing sleep. Chapman.Thrall, v. t. p. 1378To enslave; to inthrall.Thrall, a. p. 1378Pertaining to, or in the condition of, a thrall; bond; captive. [Obs.] Spencer.Thrall'dōm, n. p. 1378The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude. [Written also thraldom.] He shall rule, and she in thralldom live. Dryden.Thrall'-less, a. p. 1378Having no thralls.Thrall'-like, a. p. 1378Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, and the like; slavish. “Servile and thrall-like fear.” Milton.Thră'nite, n. p. 1378(Gr. Antiq.) One of the uppermost of the three classes of rowers in an Athenian trireme. Brande.Thრăp'ple, n. p. 1378The windpipe of an animal; the throttle. Johnson.Thrāsh, v. t. p. 1378To beat out grain from; to thresh the husk of with a flail; to beat off; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats. 2. To beat soundly with a stick or whip; to drub.Thrăsh, v. i. p. 1378To practice thrashing; to perform the business of thrashing; as, a man who thrashes well. 2. Hence, to labor; to drudge; to toil. I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and…Thrăsh'el, n. p. 1378An instrument to thrash with; a flail. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Thrăsh’er, n. p. 1378One who thrashes grain. 2. The fox-shark or sea-fox (Carcharias vulpes), a large species of shark. See SEA-FOX.Brown thrasher p. 1378an American singing-bird of the thrush family (Turdus [or Harporhynchus] rufus); the brown thrush.Thrăsh'ing-flōor, n. p. 1378A floor or area on which grain is beaten out.Thrāsh'ing-ma-chīne, n. p. 1378A machine or apparatus for separating grain from the straw.Thra-sŏn'ic-al, a. p. 1378Given to bragging; boasting. 2. Implying ostentatious display; boastful. “Cesar’s thrasonical brag.” Shak.Thra-sŏn'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1378In a thrasonical manner; boastfully. Johnson.Thrāve, n. p. 1378A drove. [Obs.] “The worst of a thrace.” Landsdown MS.Thrāve, n. p. 1378The number of two dozen. 2. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 3. Hence, an indefinite number; a large number; a company. [Obs.] He sends forth thraves of…Thraw, n. p. 1378A wrench or distortion; a throe. [Scot.]Death-thrōe p. 1378the final struggles of a dying person; dying agonies. W. Scott.Thrĕad, n. p. 1378A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length. 2. Hence, quality; fineness. [Obs. and rare.] A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread.…Thread, v. t. p. 1378To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. 2. To pass or pierce through, as a narrow way or channel. “Heavy trading ships ... threading the Bosporus.” Mitford. “They would not…Thrēad'bāre, a. p. 1378Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; as, a threadbare coat; threadbare clothes. Spenser. Dryden. 2. Hence, worn out; trite; hackneyed; used till it has lost its novelty or interest; as…Thrēad'bāre-ness, n. p. 1378The state of being threadbare or trite.Thrēad'en, a. p. 1378Made of thread. “Threaden sails.” [Obs.] Shak.Thrēad'i-ness, n. p. 1378The state of being thread-like or drawn out into threads.Thrēad'-iāce, n. p. 1378Lace made of linen thread.Thread'-nee'dle, n. p. 1378A game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others. [Written also thread-the needle.]