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3. Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately. "I am not textuel ."

Chaucer.

Textualist <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tu*al*ist , n. A textman; a textuary.

Lightfoot.

Textually <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tu*al*ly , adv. In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.

Textuarist <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tu*a*rist (?) , n. A textuary. [R.]

Textuary <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tu*a*ry (?) , a. [Cf. F. textuaire .] 1. Contained in the text; textual.

Sir T. Browne.

2. Serving as a text; authoritative.

Glanvill.

Textuary <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tu*a*ry , n. [Cf. F. textuaire .] 1. One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.

Bp. Bull.

2. One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.

Textuel <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tu*el (?) , a. Textual. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Textuist <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tu*ist , n. A textualist; a textman. [Obs.]

The crabbed textualists of his time. Milton.

Textural <Xpage=1492>

Tex"tur*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to texture.

Texture <Xpage=1492>

Tex"ture (?) , n. [L. textura , fr. texere , textum , to weave: cf. F. texture . See Text .] 1. The act or art of weaving. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.

Milton.

Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson.

3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web .

4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture .

5. (Biol.) A tissue. See Tissue .

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Texture <Xpage=1493>

Tex"ture (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Textured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Texturing .] To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]

Textury <Xpage=1493>

Tex"tur*y (?) , n. The art or process of weaving; texture. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Teyne <Xpage=1493>

Teyne (?) , n. [See Tain .] A thin plate of metal. [Obs.] "A teyne of silver."

Chaucer.

Th <Xpage=1493>

Th . In Old English, the article the , when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence , tharray , thegle , thend , thingot , etc., are found for the absence , the array , the eagle , the end , etc.

Thack, Thacker <Xpage=1493>

Thack (?) , Thack"er (?) . See Thatch , Thatcher . [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Thak <Xpage=1493>

Thak (?) , v. t. To thwack. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Thalamencephalon <Xpage=1493>

Thal`a*men*ceph"a*lon (?) , n. [NL. See Thalamus , and Encephalon .] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.

Thalamic <Xpage=1493>

Tha*lam"ic (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.

Thalamifloral, Thalamiflorous <Xpage=1493>

Thal`a*mi*flo"ral (?) , Thal`a*mi*flo"rous (?) , a. [See Thalamus , and Floral .] (Bot.) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.

Thalamoc\'d2le <Xpage=1493>

Thal"a*mo*c\'d2le` (?) , n. [ Thalam ic + Cg. <?/ hollow.] (Anat.) The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.

Thalamophora <Xpage=1493>

Thal`a*moph"o*ra (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ chamber + <?/ to bear.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Foraminifera .

Thalamus <Xpage=1493>

Thal"a*mus (?) , n. ; pl. Thalami (#) . [L. thalamus chamber, Gr. <?/.] 1. (Anat.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus .

2. (Bot.) (a) Same as Thallus . (b) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.

Thalassian <Xpage=1493>

Tha*las"si*an (?) , n. [From Gr. <?/ the sea.] (Zo\'94l.) Any sea tortoise.

Thalassic <Xpage=1493>

Tha*las"sic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ the sea.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.

Thalassinian <Xpage=1493>

Thal`as*sin"i*an (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of Thalaassinid\'91 , a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.

Thalassography <Xpage=1493>

Thal`as*sog"ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ sea + -graphy .] The study or science of the life of marine organisms.

Agassiz.

Thaler <Xpage=1493>

Tha"ler (?) , n. [G. See Dollar .] A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.

Thalia <Xpage=1493>

Tha*li"a (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/, originally, blooming, luxuriant, akin to <?/ to be luxuriant.] (Class. Myth.) (a) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy. (b) One of the three Graces. (c) One of the Nereids.

Thaliacea <Xpage=1493>

Tha`li*a"ce*a (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Thalia .] (Zo\'94l.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.

Thalian <Xpage=1493>

Tha*li"an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.

Thallate <Xpage=1493>

Thal"late (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.

Thallene <Xpage=1493>

Thal"lene (?) , n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.

Thallic <Xpage=1493>

Thal"lic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide .

Thalline <Xpage=1493>

Thal"line (?) , a. (Bot.) Consisting of a thallus.

Thalline <Xpage=1493>

Thal"line (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a young shoot or branch.] (Chem.) An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO , whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.

Thallious <Xpage=1493>

Thal"li*ous (?) , a. (Chem.) See Thallous .

Thallium <Xpage=1493>

Thal"li*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ young or green shoot or branch, twig. So called from a characteristic bright green line in its spectrum.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.

Thallogen <Xpage=1493>

Thal"lo*gen (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ young shoot or branch, frond + -gen .] (Bot.) One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, alg\'91, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.

Thalloid <Xpage=1493>

Thal"loid (?) , a. [ Thallus + -oid .] (Bot.) Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.

Thallophyte <Xpage=1493>

Thal"lo*phyte (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ young shoot + <?/ plant.] (Bot.) Same as Thallogen .

Thallous <Xpage=1493>

Thal"lous (?) , a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds. [Written also thallious .]

Thallus <Xpage=1493>

Thal"lus (?) , n. ; pl. Thalli (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ young shoot or branch, frond.] (Bot.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.

Thammuz, Tammuz <Xpage=1493>

Tham"muz (?) , Tam"muz (?) , n. [Heb. thamm\'d4z .] 1. A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Ph\'d2nician Adon, or Adonis.

Milton.

2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.

Thamnophile <Xpage=1493>

Tham"no*phile (?) , n. [Gr. qa`mnos a bush + fi`los loving.] (Zo\'94l.) A bush shrike.

Thamyn <Xpage=1493>

Tha"myn (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) An Asiatic deer ( Rucervus Eldi ) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer .

Than <Xpage=1493>

Than (?) , conj. [OE. than , thon , then , thanne , thonne , thenne , than, then, AS. \'ebanne , \'ebonne , \'eb\'91nne ; akin to D. dan , OHG. danne , G. dann then, denn than, for, Goth. \'edan then, and to E. the , there , that . See That , and cf. Then .] A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more , better , other , otherwise , and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that ; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want .

Behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Matt. xii. 42.

Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom, Satan except, none higher sat. Milton.

It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. R. Browning.

Than <Xpage=1493>

Than , adv. Then. See Then . [Obs.]

Gower.

Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages. Chaucer.

Thanage <Xpage=1493>

Than"age (?) , n. The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

Thanatoid <Xpage=1493>

Than"a*toid (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ death + -oid .] Deathlike; resembling death.

Dunglison.

Thanatology <Xpage=1493>

Than`a*tol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ + -logy .] A description, or the doctrine, of death.

Dunglison.

Thanatopsis <Xpage=1493>

Than`a*top"sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ death + <?/ view.] A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.

Bryant.

Thane <Xpage=1493>

Thane (?) , n. [OE. thein , \'edein , AS. \'edegen , \'edegn ; akin to OHG. degan a follower, warrior, boy, MHG. degen a hero, G. degen hero, soldier, Icel. \'edegn a thane, a freeman; probably akin to Gr. <?/ a child, <?/ to bear, beget, or perhaps to Goth. \'edius servant, AS. \'ede\'a2n , G. dienen to serve.] A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

&hand; Among the ancient Scots, thane was a title of honor, which seems gradually to have declined in its significance.

Jamieson.

Thanedom <Xpage=1493>

Thane"dom (?) , n. The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

Sir W. Scott.

Thanehood <Xpage=1493>

Thane"hood (?) , n. The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.

J. R. Green.

Thaneship <Xpage=1493>

Thane"ship , n. The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.

Thank <Xpage=1493>

Thank (?) , n. ; pl. Thanks (#) . [AS. \'edanc , \'edonc , thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. \'ed\'94kk , Dan. tak , Sw. tack , Goth. \'edagks thanks; -- originally, a thought, a thinking. See Think .] A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural. "This ceremonial thanks ."

Massinger.

If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. Luke vi. 33.

What great thank , then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin? Milton.

Thanks , thanks to thee, most worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught. Longfellow.

His thanks , Her thanks , etc. , of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]

Full sooth is said that love ne lordship, Will not, his thanks , have no fellowship. Chaucer.

-- In thank , with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.] -- Thank offering , an offering made as an expression of thanks.

Thank <Xpage=1493>

Thank (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Thanked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thanking .] [AS. \'edancian . See Thank , n. ] To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame .

"Graunt mercy, lord, that thank I you," quod she. Chaucer.

I thank thee for thine honest care. Shak.

Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss, And thank yourself if aught should fall amiss. Dryden.

Thankful <Xpage=1493>

Thank"ful (?) , a. [AS. \'edancfull .] 1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.]

Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That washes what it shows. Herbert.

2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.

Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Ps. c. 4.

-- Thank"ful*ly , adv. -- Thank"ful*ness , n.

Thankless <Xpage=1493>

Thank"less , a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.

That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Shak.

2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task .

To shepherd thankless , but by thieves that love the night allowed. Chapman.

-- Thank"less*ly (#) , adv. -- Thank"less*ness , n.

Thankly <Xpage=1493>

Thank"ly , adv. Thankfully. [Obs.]

Sylvester (Du Bartas).

Thanksgive <Xpage=1493>

Thanks"give (?) , v. t. To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.]

Mede.

Thanksgiver <Xpage=1493>

Thanks"giv`er (?) , n. One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.

Barrow.

Thanksgiving <Xpage=1493>

Thanks"giv`ing (?) , n. 1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving . 1 Tim. iv. 4.

In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak.

And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. Keble.

2. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

&hand; In the United States it is now customary for the President by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor.

Thankworthiness <Xpage=1493>

Thank"wor`thi*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Thankworthy <Xpage=1493>

Thank"wor`thy (?) , a. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.

For this thankworthy , if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19.

Thar <Xpage=1493>

Thar (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A goatlike animal ( Capra Jemlaica ) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow , and imo . [Written also thaar , and tahr .]

Thar <Xpage=1493>

Thar , v. impersonal, pres. [OE. thar , \'edarf , AS. \'edearf , infin. \'edurfan to need; akin to OHG. durfan , G. d\'81rfen to be allowed, Icel. \'edurfa to need, Goth. \'eda\'a3rban .] It needs; need. [Obs.]

Piers Plowman.

What thar thee reck or care? Chaucer.

Tharms <Xpage=1493>

Tharms (?) , n. pl. [AS. \'edearm a gut; akin to D. & G. darm , Icel. \'edarmr , Sw. & Dan. tarm . \'fb53.] Twisted guts. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Ascham.

Tharos <Xpage=1493>

Tha"ros (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small American butterfly ( Phycoides tharos ) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent .

That <Xpage=1493>