Webster's Dictionary 1828

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THORNY-TREFOIL

THORN'Y-TREFOIL, noun A plant of the genus Fagonia.

947

THOROUGH

THOROUGH, adjective thur'ro.1. Literally, passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough po...

948

THOROUGH-BASE

THOROUGH-BASE, noun thur'ro-base. [thorough and base.] In music, an accompaniment to a continued base by figures.

949

THOROUGH-BRED

THOROUGH-BRED, adjective thur'ro-bred. [thorough and bred.] Completely taught or accomplished.

950

THOROUGH-FARE

THOROUGH-FARE, noun thur'ro-fare. [thorough and fare.]1. A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way.2. Power of passing.

951

THOROUGH-PACED

THOROUGH-PACED, adjective thur'ro-paced. [thorough and paced.]Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as a thorough-paced tory or whig.

952

THOROUGH-SPED

THOROUGH-SPED, adjective thur'ro-sped. [thorough and sped.]Fully accomplished; thorough-paced.

953

THOROUGH-STITCH

THOROUGH-STITCH, adverb thur'ro-stitch. [thorough and stitch.]completely; going the whole length of any business. [Not elegant.]

954

THOROUGH-WAX

THOROUGH-WAX, noun thur'ro-wax. [thorough and wax.]A plant of the genus Bupleurum.

955

THOROUGH-WORT

THOROUGH-WORT, noun thur'ro-wort. The popular name of a plant, the Eupatorium perfoliatum, a native of noun America. It is valued in medicine.

956

THOROUGHLY

THOROUGHLY, adverb thur'roly. Fully; entirely; completely; as a room thoroughly swept; a business thoroughly performed. Let the matter be thoroughly sifted. Let every part of th...

957

THORP

THORP, [Latin tribus.] The primary sense is probably a house, a habitation, from fixedness; hence a hamlet, a village, a tribe; as in rude ages the dwelling of the head of a fam...

958

THOS

THOS, noun An animal of the wolf kind, but larger than the common wolf. It is common Surinam. It preys on poultry and water fowls.

959

THOSE

THOSE, pronoun s as z. plural of that; as those men; those temples. When those and these are used in reference to two things or collections of things, those refers to the first ...

960

THOU

THOU, pronoun in the obj. thee. The second personal pronoun, in the singular number; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn style.Art thou he that should ...

961

THOUGH

THOUGH, verb intransitive tho.1. Grant; admit; allow. 'If thy brother be waxen poor--thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger.' Grant or admit the fact that he is st...

962

THOUGHT

THOUGHT, preterit tense and participle passive of think; pronounced thaut.THOUGHT, adjective thaut. [primarily the passive participle of think, supra.1. Properly, that which the...

963

THOUGHTFUL

THOUGHT'FUL, adjective Full of thought; contemplative; employed in meditation; as a man of thoughtful mind.1. Attentive; careful; having the mind directed to an object; as thoug...

964

THOUGHTFULLY

THOUGHT'FULLY, adverb With thought or consideration; with solicitude.

965

THOUGHTFULNESS

THOUGHT'FULNESS, noun Deep meditation.1. Serious attention to spiritual concerns.2. Anxiety; solicitude.

966

THOUGHTLESS

THOUGHT'LESS, adjective Heedless; careless; negligent.Thoughtless of the future.1. Gay; dissipated.2. Stupid; dull.Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain.

967

THOUGHTLESSLY

THOUGHT'LESSLY, adverb Without thought; carelessly; stupidly.

968

THOUGHTLESSNESS

THOUGHT'LESSNESS, noun Want of thought; heedlessness; carelessness; inattention.

969

THOUGHTSICK

THOUGHT'SICK, adjective [thought and sick.] Uneasy with reflection.

970

THOUSAND

THOU'SAND, adjective s as z.1. Denoting the number of ten hundred.2. Proverbially, denoting a great number indefinitely. It is a thousand chances to one that you succeed.THOU'SA...

971

THOUSANDTH

THOU'SANDTH, adjective The ordinal of thousand; as the thousandth part of a thing; also proverbially, very numerous.THOU'SANDTH, noun The thousandth part of any thing; as two th...

972

THOWL

THOWL. [See Thole.]