Thorough (2)
Thor″ough, a. 1. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.2. Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thoroug...
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Thorough (3)
Thor″ough, adv. 1. Thoroughly. Chaucer.2. Through. Shak.
Thorough (4)
Thor″ough, n. A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. Halliwell.
Thorough bass
Thor″ough bass′ (?). (Mus.) 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. A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.
Thorough-lighted
Thor″ough–light′ed (?), a.(Arch.) Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building. Gwilt.
Thoroughbred
Thor″ough‐bred′ (?), a. Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; — said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; c...
Thoroughfare
Thor″ough‐fare′ (?), n. [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 fr...
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.
Thoroughly
Thor″ough‐ly, adv. In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.
Thoroughness
Thor″ough‐ness, n. The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.
Thoroughpaced
Thor″ough‐paced′ (?), a. 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.) 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 th...
Thoroughsped
Thor″ough‐sped′ (?), a. Fully accomplished; thoroughplaced. Swift.
Thoroughstitch
Thor″ough‐stitch′ (?), adv. So as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely.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. Same as Boneset.
Thorow
Thor″ow (?), prep. Through. “Thorow bramble, pits, and floods.” Beau. & Fl.
Thorow (2)
Thor″ow, a. Thorough. Hakluyt.
Thorp
{ Thorp, Thorpe} (thôrp), n. [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 probabl...
Those
Those (?), pron. [OE. þos, þas, AS. ðās, nom. and acc. pl. of ðēs this. See This, and cf. These.] The plural of that. See That.
Thoth
‖Thoth (?), n. 1. (Myth.) 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...
Thou
Thou (?), pron. [Sing.: nom.Thou; poss.Thy (?) or Thine (�); obj.Thee (?). Pl.: nom.You (�); poss.Your (?) or Yours (�); obj.You.] [OE. thou, þu, AS. ðū, ðu; akin to OS. & OFrie...
Thou (2)
Thou, v. t. 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 (3)
Thou, v. i. To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.
Though
Though (t͡hō), conj. [OE. thogh, þah, AS. ðeáh, ðǣh, ðēh; akin to OS. thōh, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. þō yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock,...
Though (2)
Though, adv. 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...