360 PROVINCIALISMS. 



THAAVLE ; a pot-flick; a ladle without the bowl. 

 THACK; thatch. 



THARFLY; flowly; deliberately; as, " the rain 

 comes tharfly." 



ToTHEAK; to thatch. 



THEAKER; thatcher. 



THEET ; clofe ; tight ; oppofed to leaky. 



THOU ; this pronoun is flill much in ufe. Far- 

 mers in general " thou" their fervants ; the in- 

 ferior clafs (and the',lower clafsof men in general) 

 frequently their wives, and always their children ; 

 and the children as invariably " thou" each other. 

 Superiors in general " thou" their inferiors ; 

 while inferiors " you" their betters. Equals 

 and intimates of the lower clafs generally " thou" 

 one another. Thefe diftinclions are fometimes the 

 caufe of aukwardnefs : to " you" a man may be 

 making too familiar with him ; while to " thou" 

 him might affront him. 



To THREAP ; to aflert pofitively ; to force down 

 an argument. 



THREAVE ; twelve " loggins" of ftraw. 



THREEFOLD ; menyanthes trifoliata ; bogbean j 

 buckbean. 



THRONG (vulg. throng) ; bufily employed ; " def- 

 perate thrang," very bufy. 



THROW, or THRAW; a turner's lathe. 



To THRUM ; to pur, as a cat. 



TIFFANY; 



