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- English Word Thrustle Definition The throstle, or song thrust.
- English Word Thryes Definition Thrice.
- English Word Thryfallow Definition To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.
- English Word Thud Definition A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.
- English Word Thug Definition 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.
- English Word Thuggee Definition The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
- English Word Thuggery Definition Alt. of Thuggism
- English Word Thuggism Definition Thuggee.
- English Word Thuja Definition A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
- English Word Thule Definition 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.
- English Word Thulia Definition Oxide of thulium.
- English Word Thulium Definition A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity, said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.
- English Word Thumb Definition The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
- English Word Thumb Definition To handle awkwardly.
- English Word Thumb Definition To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
- English Word Thumb Definition To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
- English Word Thumb Definition To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
- English Word Thumbbird Definition The goldcrest.
- English Word Thumbed Definition of Thumb
- English Word Thumbed Definition Having thumbs.
- English Word Thumbed Definition Soiled by handling.
- English Word Thumbing Definition of Thumb
- English Word Thumbkin Definition An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
- English Word Thumbless Definition Without a thumb.
- English Word Thumbscrew Definition A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
- English Word Thumbscrew Definition An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
- English Word Thummie Definition The chiff-chaff.
- English Word Thummim Definition A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.
- English Word Thump Definition The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
- English Word Thump Definition A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.