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Thurl
() To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Thurling
() Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).
Thurrok
() The hold of a ship; a sink.
Thursday
() The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.
Thurst
() The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.
Thus
() The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
Thus
() In this or that manner; on this wise.
Thus
() To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold.
Thussock
() See Tussock.
Thuya
() Same as Thuja.
Thuyin
() A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin.
Thwacked
() of Thwack
Thwacking
() of Thwack
Thwack
() To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
Thwack
() To fill to overflow.
Thwack
() A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
Thwaite
() The twaite.
Thwaite
() Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
Thwart
() Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
Thwart
() Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
Thwart
() Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
Thwart
() Across; athwart.
Thwart
() A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
Thwarted
() of Thwart
Thwarting
() of Thwart
Thwart
() To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
Thwart
() To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
Thwart
() To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
Thwart
() Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
Thwarter
() A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
Thwartingly
() In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
Thwartly
() Transversely; obliquely.
Thwartness
() The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
Thwite
() To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
Thwittle
() To cut or whittle.
Thwittle
() A small knife; a whittle.
Thy
() Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
Thyine wood
() The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach.
Thylacine
() The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
Thymate
() A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.
Thyme
() Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
Thymene
() A liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme.
Thymiatechny
() The art of employing perfumes in medicine.
Thymic
() Of or pertaining to the thymus gland.
Thymic
() Pertaining to, or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid.
Thymol
() A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.
Thymus
() Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland.
Thymus
() The thymus gland.
Thymy
() Abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale.
Thyro-
() A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal.