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Thrust () To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
Thrust () To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
Thrust () To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
Thrust () A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.
Thrust () An attack; an assault.
Thrust () The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
Thrust () The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Thruster () One who thrusts or stabs.
Thrusting () The act of pushing with force.
Thrusting () The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.
Thrusting () The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
Thrustle () The throstle, or song thrust.
Thryes () Thrice.
Thryfallow () To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.
Thud () A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.
Thug () One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.
Thuggee () The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
Thuggery () Alt. of Thuggism
Thuggism () Thuggee.
Thuja () A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
Thule () The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.
Thulia () Oxide of thulium.
Thulium () A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity, said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.
Thumb () The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
Thumbed () of Thumb
Thumbing () of Thumb
Thumb () To handle awkwardly.
Thumb () To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
Thumb () To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
Thumb () To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Thumbbird () The goldcrest.
Thumbed () Having thumbs.
Thumbed () Soiled by handling.
Thumbkin () An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
Thumbless () Without a thumb.
Thumbscrew () A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
Thumbscrew () An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
Thummie () The chiff-chaff.
Thummim () A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.
Thump () The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
Thump () A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
Thumped () of Thump
Thumping () of Thump
Thump () To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
Thump () To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
Thumper () One who, or that which, thumps.
Thumping () Heavy; large.
Thunder () The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
Thunder () The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
Thunder () Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
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