Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Thilk

Thilk (?), pron. [Cf. Ilk same.] That same; this; that. “I love thilk lass.” Spenser.Thou spake right now of thilke traitor death. Chaucer.

2189

Thill

Thill (?), n. [OE. thille, AS. �ille a board, plank, beam, thill; akin to �el a plank, D. deel a plank, floor, G. diele, OHG. dili, dilla, Icel. �ilja a plank, planking, a thwar...

2190

Thiller

Thill″er (?), n. The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; — called also thill horse.

2191

Thimble

Thim″ble (?), n. [OE. thimbil, AS. ��mel, fr. ��ma a thumb. √56. See Thumb.] 1. A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to p...

2192

Thimbleberry

Thim″ble‐ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.

2193

Thimbleeye

Thim″ble‐eye′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.

2194

Thimbleful

Thim″ble‐ful (?), n.; pl.Thimblefuls (�). As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love. Dryden.

2195

Thimblerig

Thim″ble‐rig′ (?), n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.

2196

Thimblerig (2)

Thim″ble‐rig′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Thimblerigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Thimblerigging.] To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of t...

2197

Thimblerigger

Thim″ble‐rig′ger (?), n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.

2198

Thimbleweed

Thim″ble‐weed′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; — so called from their conical receptacles.

2199

Thin

Thin (?), a. [Compar.Thiner (?); superl.Thinest.] [OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel. þunnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana...

2200

Thin (2)

Thin, adv. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon.

2201

Thin (3)

Thin, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Thinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Thinning.] [Cf. AS. geþynnian.] To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

2202

Thin (4)

Thin, v. i. To grow or become thin; — used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i.e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

2203

Thin-skinned

Thin″–skinned′ (?), a. Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

2204

Thine

Thine (?), pron. & a. [OE. thin, AS. ðīn, originally gen. of ðu, ðū, thou; akin to G. dein thine, Icel. þinn, possessive pron., þīn, gen. of þū thou, Goth. þeins, possessive pro...

2205

Thing

Thing (?), n. [AS. þing a thing, cause, assembly, judicial assembly; akin to þingan to negotiate, þingian to reconcile, conciliate, D. ding a thing, OS. thing thing, assembly, j...

2206

Thing (2)

{ Thing, ‖Ting } (?), n. [Dan. thing, ting, Norw. ting, or Sw. ting.] In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; — used, esp. in composition, in titles of su...

2207

Think

Think (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Thought (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Thinking.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS. þyncean (cf. Methinks), but confounded with OE. thenken to think, ...

2208

Think (2)

Think, v. t. 1. To conceive; to imagine.Charity... thinketh no evil. 1 Cor. xiii. 4,5.2. To plan or design; to plot; to compass.So little womanhoodAnd natural goodness, as to th...

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Think (3)

Think, n. Act of thinking; a thought.

2210

Thinkable

Think″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable. Sir W. Hamilton.

2211

Thinker

Think″er (?), n. One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.

2212

Thinking

Think″ing, a. Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. — Think″ing‐ly, adv.

2213

Thinking (2)

Think″ing, n. The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.I heard a bird so sing,Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king. Shak.

2214

Thinly

Thin″ly (?), a. In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.