To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.

Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.

A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus).

An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.

The song thrush.

The song thrush.

A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.

One who thrusts or stabs.

The act of pushing with force.

The throstle, or song thrust.

Thrice.

To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.

To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud.

One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.

The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.

Thuggee.

A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.

An oil, C10H16O, the chief constituent of cedar leaf oil (thuja oil), which is obtained from the northern white cedar (arbor vitae, Thuja occidentalis) or the western Red Cedar (Thuja plicatis). It is a stimulant similar to camphor. It is also called thujol, thuyol, absinthol, thuyone, tanacetol, and tanacetone.

The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.

Oxide of thulium.

A rare metallic element of the lanthanide group having atomic number 69, and atomic weight 168.93. It is found in the mineral gadolinite and other minerals, together with other rare earths. For more information see the data from ChemGlobe.

To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.

The goldcrest.

Having thumbs.

An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

Without a thumb.

A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.

The chiff-chaff.

A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.

To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.

One who, or that which, thumps.

Heavy; large.

To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.

A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.

A burst of thunder.

A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter.

A large European loach (Misgurnus fossilis).

A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.

Thunder.

Without thunder or noise.

Producing thunder.

Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.

A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.

A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.

A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.

To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning.

A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.

Accompanied with thunder; thunderous.

Thunderous; sonorous.

The tunny.

Through.

Thoroughfare.

A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services.

Producing or bearing frankincense.

The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.

Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.

To cut through; to pierce.

Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).

The hold of a ship; a sink.

The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.

The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.

In this or that manner; on this wise.

See Tussock.

Same as Thuja.

A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin.

A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.

Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.

To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.

In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.

Transversely; obliquely.

The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.

To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

A small knife; a whittle.

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.

The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.

A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.

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.

A liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme.

The art of employing perfumes in medicine.

Pertaining to, or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid.

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.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland. The thymus gland.

Abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale.

Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.

One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.

Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.

Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

Thyroid.

The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.

A thyrsus.

Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.

A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites.

One of the Thysanoptera.

A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips.

One of the Thysanoptera.

Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera.

An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.

One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to the Thysanura.

A common clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe).

An emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. It is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative as well as in the objective case.

A tiara.

A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.

Adorned with, or wearing, a tiara.

A female cat.

The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

A tibial bone; a tibiale.

The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.

To play on a tibia, or pipe.

Of or pertaining to both to the tibia and the tarsus; as, the tibiotarsal articulation. Of or pertaining to the tibiotarsus.

The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.

The pollack.

A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.

A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy.

A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.