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THUS, adverb In this or that manner; on this wise; as, thus saith the Lord; the Pharisee prayed thusTHUS did Noah, according to all that God commanded him. Genesis 6:22.1. To th...
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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THUS, adverb In this or that manner; on this wise; as, thus saith the Lord; the Pharisee prayed thusTHUS did Noah, according to all that God commanded him. Genesis 6:22.1. To th...
THWACK, verb transitive To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang; to beat or thrash.THWACK, noun A heavy blow with something flat or heavy.
THWACK'ING, participle present tense Striking with a heavy blow.
THWAITE, noun A fish, a variety of the shad.1. A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, inclosed and converted to tillage. [Local.
THWART, adjective thwort. [Latin verto, versus.] Transverse; being across something else.Mov'd contrary with thwart obliquities.THWART, verb transitive thwort. To cross; to be, ...
THWART'ED, participle passive Crossed; opposed; frustrated.
THWART'ER, noun A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling or convulsive motions.
THWART'ING, participle present tense Crossing; contravening; defeating.THWART'ING, noun The act of crossing or frustrating.
THWART'INGLY, adverb In a cross direction; in opposition.
THWART'NESS, noun Untowardness; perverseness.
THWART'SHIPS, adverb Across the ship.
THWITE, verb transitive To cut or clip with a knife. [Local.]
THWIT'TLE, verb transitive To whittle. [See Whittle.]
THY, adjective [contracted from thine, or from some other derivative of thou. It is probable that the pronoun was originally thig, thug or thuk, and the adjective thigen. See Th...
THY'ITE, noun The name of a species of indurated clay, of the morochthus kind, of a smooth regular texture, very heavy, of a shining surface, and of a pale green color.
THYME, noun usually pronounced improperly time. [Latin thymus.]A plant of the genus Thymus. The garden thyme is a warm pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasonings...
THY'MY, adjective Abounding with thyme; fragrant.
THY'ROID, adjective [Gr. a shield, and form.] Resembling a shield; applied to one of the cartilages of the larynx, so called from its figure, to a gland situated near that carti...
THYRSE, noun [Latin thyrsus.] In botany, a species of inflorescence; a panicle contracted into an ovate form, or a dense or close panicle, more or less of an ovate figure, as in...
THYSELF', pronoun [thy and self.] A pronoun used after thou, to express distinction with emphasis. 'Thou thyself shalt go; ' that is, thou shalt go and no other. It is sometimes...
TI'ARTIA'RA, noun [Latin tiara.]1. An ornament or article of dress with which the ancient Persians covered their heads; a kind of turban. As different authors describe it, it mu...
TIA'RA, n. [L. tiara.]1. An ornament or article of dress with which the ancient Persians covered their heads; a kind of turban. As different authors describe it, it must have be...
TIB'IAL, adjective [Latin tibia, a flute, and the large bone of the leg.]1. Pertaining to the large bone of the leg; as the tibial artery; tibial nerve.2. Pertaining to a pipe o...
TIB'URO, noun A fish of the shark kind.
OP'TIC, 'TICAL, adjective [Gr. from to see, the eye.]1. Relating or pertaining to vision or sight.2. Relating to the science of optics.Optic angle, is that which the optic axes ...
TICE, for entice. [Not in use.]
TICK, noun Credit; trust; as, to buy upon tickTICK, noun A little animal of a livid color and globose-ovate form, that infests sheep, dogs, goats, cows, etc., a species of Acaru...