The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1729
Thrill"ing , a. Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance . -- Thrill"ing*ly , adv. -- Thrill"ing*ness , n.
Thring <Xpage=1503>
Thring (?) , v. t. & i. [ imp. Throng (?) .] [AS. <?/ringan . See Throng .] To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Thrips <Xpage=1503>
Thrips (?) , n. [L., a woodworm, Gr. <?/.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips ( Thrips cerealium ).
&hand; The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects.
Thrist <Xpage=1503>
Thrist (?) , n. Thrist. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Thrittene <Xpage=1503>
Thrit"tene` (?) , a. Thirteen. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Thrive <Xpage=1503>
Thrive (?) , v. i. [ imp. Throve (?) or Thrived (<?/) ; p. p. Thrived or Thriven (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving .] [OE. <?/riven , Icel. <?/r\'c6fask ; probably originally, to grasp for one's self, from <?/r\'c6fa to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas . Cf. Thrift .] 1. To posper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry .
Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold. I. Watts.
2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success. "They by vices thrive ."
Sandys.
O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives ? Milton.
And so she throve and prospered. Tennyson.
3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil .
Thriven <Xpage=1503>
Thriv"en (?) , p. p. of Thrive .
Thriver <Xpage=1503>
Thriv"er (?) , n. One who thrives, or prospers.
Thrivingly <Xpage=1503>
Thriv"ing*ly , adv. In a thriving manner.
Thrivingness <Xpage=1503>
Thriv"ing*ness , n. The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.
Thro' <Xpage=1503>
Thro' (?) . A contraction of Through .
Throat <Xpage=1503>
Throat (?) , n. [OE. throte , AS. <?/rote , <?/rotu ; akin to OHG. drozza , G. drossel ; cf. OFries. & D. stort . Cf. Throttle .] 1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
I can vent clamor from my throat . Shak.
2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase .
3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
Gwilt.
4. (Naut.) (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
Totten.
5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
Throat brails (Naut.) , brails attached to the gaff close to the mast. -- Throat halyards (Naut.) , halyards that raise the throat of the gaff. -- Throat pipe (Anat.) , the windpipe, or trachea. -- To give one the lie in his throat , to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably. -- To lie in one's throat , to lie flatly or abominably.
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Throat , v. t. 1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats . [Obs.]
Chapman.
2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [Prov. Eng.]
Throatband <Xpage=1503>
Throat"band` (?) , n. Same as Throatlatch .
Throatboll <Xpage=1503>
Throat"boll` (?) , n. [ Throat + boll a ball.] The Adam's apple in the neck. [Obs. or R.]
By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. Chaucer.
Throating <Xpage=1503>
Throat"ing , n. (Arch.) A drip, or drip molding.
Throatlatch <Xpage=1503>
Throat"latch` (?) , n. A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
Throatwort <Xpage=1503>
Throat"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) A plant ( Campanula Trachelium ) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
Throaty <Xpage=1503>
Throat"y (?) , a. Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. "Hard, throaty words."
Howell.
Throb <Xpage=1503>
Throb (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Throbbed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Throbbing .] [OE. <?/robben ; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation .] To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
My heart Throbs to know one thing. Shak.
Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. Shak.
Throb <Xpage=1503>
Throb , n. A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:
The IMPATIENT throbs and longings of a soul That pants and reaches after distant good. Addison.
Throdden <Xpage=1503>
Throd"den (?) , v. i. [Prov. E. throdden , throddle , fat, thriving; cf. Icel. throask to grow.] To grow; to thrive. [Prov. Eng.]
Grose.
Throe <Xpage=1503>
Throe (?) , n. [OE. <?/rowe , <?/rave , AS. <?/re\'a0 a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. <?/r\'be a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. <?/reowian to suffer.] 1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes . Milton.
2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Throe <Xpage=1503>
Throe , v. i. To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe <Xpage=1503>
Throe , v. t. To put in agony. [R.]
Shak.
Thrombosis <Xpage=1503>
Throm*bo"sis (?) , n. [NL. See Thrombus .] (Med.) The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism , which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance. -- Throm*bot"ic (#) , a.
Thrombus <Xpage=1503>
Throm"bus (?) , n. ; pl. Thrombi (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a lump, a clot of blood.] (Med.) (a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation. (b) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Throne <Xpage=1503>
Throne (?) , n. [OE. trone , F. tr\'93ne , L. thronus , Gr. <?/; cf. <?/ a bench, <?/ a footstool, <?/ to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dhara&nsdot;a supporting, dh&rsdot; to hold fast, carry, and E. firm , a.] 1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
The noble king is set up in his throne . Chaucer.
High on a throne of royal state. Milton.
2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. 40.
To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne . Tennyson.
3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
Milton.
Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young.
Throne <Xpage=1503>
Throne , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Throned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Throning .] 1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
Shak.
2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
True image of the Father, whether throned In the bosom of bliss, and light of light. Milton.
Throne <Xpage=1503>
Throne (?) , v. i. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
Shak.
Throneless <Xpage=1503>
Throne"less , a. Having no throne.
Throng <Xpage=1503>
Throng (?) , n. [OE. þrong , þrang , AS. geþrang , fr. þringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan , D. & G. dringen , OHG. dringan , Icel. þryngva , þr\'94ngva , Goth. þriehan , D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. þr\'94ng a throng, Lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. Thring .] 1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng .
Syn. -- Throng , Multitude , Crowd . Any great number of persons form a multitude ; a throng is a large number of persons who are gathered or are moving together in a collective body; a crowd is composed of a large or small number of persons who press together so as to bring their bodies into immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed multitude ; the throngs in the streets of a city; the crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these distinctions are not carefully observed.
So, with this bold opposer rushes on This many-headed monster, multitude . Daniel.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng . Milton.
I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp, From crowds that hide a monarch from himself. Johnson.
Throng <Xpage=1503>
Throng , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Thronged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging .] To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. Shak.
Throng <Xpage=1503>
Throng , v. t. 1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
Much people followed him, and thronged him. Mark v. 24.
2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
Shak.
Throng <Xpage=1503>
Throng , a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Bp. Sanderson.
To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng . Robynson (More's Utopia).
Throngly <Xpage=1503>
Throng"ly , adv. In throngs or crowds. [Obs.]
Throp <Xpage=1503>
Throp (?) , n. A thorp. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Thropple <Xpage=1503>
Throp"ple (?) , n. [Cf. Thrapple , and see Throttle .] The windpipe. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Thropple <Xpage=1503>
Throp"ple , v. t. To throttle. [Prov. Eng.]
Throstle <Xpage=1503>
Thros"tle (?) , n. [OE. throsel , AS. <?/rostle , <?/rosle ; akin to MHG. trostel , G. drossel , Icel. <?/r\'94str , Sw. trast , Lith. strazdas , L. turdus . \'fb238. Cf. Thrush the bird.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) The song thrush. See under Song .
2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.
Throstle cock , the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Throstling <Xpage=1503>
Thros"tling (?) , n. [Cf. Throttle .] A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.
Throttle <Xpage=1503>
Throt"tle (?) , n. [Dim. of throat . See Throat .] 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
Sir W. Scott.
2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve.
Throttle lever (Steam Engine) , the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. -- Throttle valve (Steam Engine) , a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.
Throttle <Xpage=1503>
Throt"tle , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Throttled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling (?) .] 1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. Milton.
2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.]
Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. Shak.
3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
Throttle <Xpage=1503>
Throt"tle , v. i. 1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Throttler <Xpage=1503>
Throt"tler (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
2. (Zo\'94l.) See Flasher , 3 (b) . [Prov. Eng.]
Through <Xpage=1503>
Through (?) , prep. [OE. thurgh , <?/urh , <?/uruh , <?/oruh , AS. <?/urh ; akin to OS. thurh , thuru , OFries. thruch , D. door , OHG. durh , duruh , G. durch , Goth. <?/a\'a1rh ; cf. Ir. tri , tre , W. trwy . \'fb53. Cf. Nostril , Thorough , Thrill .] 1. From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship .
2. Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue .
Through the gate of ivory he dismissed His valiant offspring. Dryden.
3. By means of; by the agency of.
Through these hands this science has passed with great applause. Sir W. Temple.
Material things are presented only through their senses. Cheyne.
4. Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account .
5. Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket .
6. From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year .
Through <Xpage=1503>
Through , adv. 1. From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through .
2. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through .
3. To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through .
&hand; Through was formerly used to form compound adjectives where we now use thorough ; as, through -bred; through -lighted; through -placed, etc.
To drop through , to fall through; to come to naught; to fail. -- To fall through . See under Fall , v. i.
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Through <Xpage=1504>
Through (?) , a. Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train . Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge .
Through bolt , a bolt which passes through all the thickness or layers of that which it fastens, or in which it is fixed. -- Through bridge , a bridge in which the floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them. Cf. Deck bridge , under Deck . -- Through cold , a deep-seated cold. [Obs.] Holland . -- Through stone , a flat gravestone. [Scot.] [Written also through stane .] Sir W. Scott . -- Through ticket , a ticket for the whole journey. -- Through train , a train which goes the whole length of a railway, or of a long route.
Throughly <Xpage=1504>
Through"ly , adv. Thoroughly. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. Ps. li. 2.
To dare in fields is valor; but how few Dare to be throughly valiant to be true? Dryden.
Throughout <Xpage=1504>
Through*out" (?) , prep. Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house .
Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year. Milton.
Throughout <Xpage=1504>
Through*out" , adv. In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout .
Throve <Xpage=1504>
Throve (?) , imp. of Thrive .
Throw <Xpage=1504>
Throw (?) , n. [See Throe .] Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.]
Spenser. Dryden.
Throw <Xpage=1504>
Throw , n. [AS. <?/r\'beh , <?/r\'beg .] Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obs.]
Shak.
I will with Thomas speak a little throw . Chaucer.
Throw <Xpage=1504>