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flowi-rt. The bees, in fuel, cafes, (hould be carefully taken 

 by proper moans, ami be prwented as much as poflible from 

 coUettine their foi)d from fiich fine kinds of flowers. 



TllRiM-Ci^ IJhml, in Gtosraphy, a low woody illand, 

 of a circular form, and nol much more than a mile m com- 

 pafs, in the South Pacific ocean, covered with verdure of 

 many hues, but without inhabitants, dilcovercd and fo 

 called by Cook in April 1 769. S. lat. 1 8° 35'. W. long. 

 1 39^ 4S'. 



'Yiwau-H^orl, in /1s"culture, a troublcfomc weed in 

 fome lands of the rather moid down kind, which is of the 

 perennial fort. 



THRUMMING, in Risging, denotes intcrplacmg Ihort 

 pieces of thrums, or rope-yarn, in a regular manner into 

 mattinif, through intervals made by a fid, or large needle. 



THRUSH, an afFeaion of the inflammatory and fup- 

 purating kind in the feet of the horfe, and fome other 

 animals. In the horfe it is an inflammation taking place in 

 that part of the foot termed the fentible frog, which is 

 moftly occal'ioned from want of due cleanhnefs in it, efpe- 

 cially in tliofe of tlie team or working fort, from the heels 

 being in a contraded Itate, or from Ihoeing upon erroneous 

 and bad principles, but mod commonly from the laft of 

 thcfe caufes. , See Siioeinc. 



The difeafe may be known to be prefent in this, as well 

 as in other animals, by a tcndernefs and uneafy feel being 

 fhewn on preffing the frog, or affefted part, and its 

 being accompanied with a difchargc of matter of the puru- 

 lent kind, as well as by other fimilar appearances. 



The means of removing the complaint in the horfe, when 

 inflammation is chiefly prefent, coniill firft in taking away 

 the flioe, and lowering the heels, in fuch a manner as that 

 the frog or difeafed part may come in contaft with the 

 ground or floor : after which the animal may be fufFered 

 to ftand fome days without rtioes, the part being well 

 waftied two or three times a day with a common ftable 

 brufli, and a folution of foft foap in rain-water, an appli- 

 cation compofed of white vitriol, Armenian bole, and alum, 

 in fine powder, of each half an ounce, mixed up with com- 

 mon tar, in a fuificient proportion to make a fort of ointment, 

 being then had recourfe to as ^idreffing. This may be 

 ufed fpread upon lint, being apphcd between the cleft of 

 the frog, or affeftcd part, and renewed as often as there may 

 be a neceflity. 



It is likewife advifed by fome, that all the difeafed parts, 

 in fuch cafes, fliould be carefully removed by means of a 

 drawing-knife, and that if the animal be not allowed to have 

 reft, a bar-flioe mull be had recourfe to, until the difeafe 

 becomes quite removed. It is thought, too, that three or 

 four pints of blood may often be taken away with advan- 

 tage in cafes where there is much inflammation, and mafhes 

 with nitre be given in the evenings. Much benefit alfo 

 may fometimes be found from the ufe of diuretic balls, and 

 from the foot aflefted being fomented with warm water, in 

 which a handful of common fait has been diflblved, juft 

 before the apphcation of the above drefiing. Great utility 

 is occafioiially derived, too, from the infertion of a feton 

 or rowel in the chcft, or other proper part, and letting it 

 continue fome lime. See Shoe. 



In cafi'S where the complaint proceeds chiefly from con- 

 irafted heels, fome fuppofe the only certain and effeftual 

 mode of removing the aff'eftion is, perhaps, that of the ufe 

 of the artificial, or patent frog, not long ago invented by 

 Mr. Coleman, who has beftowcd much attention on the 

 feet of animals, efpccially of the horfe. See Frog. 



In other animals, where the hoofs, claws, or other parts 

 of the feet are affeftcd with inflammation, and colleaions 

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or difchargcs of matter, in fome meafure of the tlirufh kind, 

 or having fome refemblance to it, the beft means of relief 

 are probably thofe of firll trying the effefts of difcutient 

 faturnine applications, and if thefe do not fucceed, to have 

 recourfe to warm emollient fomentations or poultices, then 

 cutting or paring the parts down fo as to lay them well 

 open, and let out any thing they may contain, drefiing the 

 openings with mild cfcharotics, as there may be occafion. 

 In this way, very troubkfome afFeftions of this fort may 

 often be fpeedily removed. 



TiiuusH, in 'Medicine. See Aphtha and Infant. 

 Thrush, in Ornithology, is the tardus •vifcivoriu of Lin- 

 nxnis, and the largefl of the genus. See TuHDU.s and Mis- 

 >iV.i.-Bird. 



TiiRVsH, IVinrl. See KED-lVing. 



THRUSHEI., in Geography, a river of England, in 

 the county of Devon, ^which runs into the Tamer, oppofite 

 to Launcefton. 



THRUSK. SeeTniHSK. 



THRUST, in Fencing, is an aftion of which there are 

 three kinds. To thrujl in carte, is to throw your hand as far 

 as poflible on the infide, with the point of your fvvord to- 

 wards your adverfary's breall : to thrujl feconde, is to have 

 your arm in a perfeft oppofition to your adverfary's, hold- 

 ing your head infide : to thrujl tierce, differs from carte only 

 by the pofition of the hand, which mull be reverfed. 



THRUSTING, or HanJ-preJfmg, in Dairying, is a 

 term applied to the praftice of fqueezing and forcing the 

 liquid parts contained in the curd out of it by the hand, or 

 other fuch means, after it has been properly reduced, and 

 placed by a cloth in an upheaped or conical manner in the 

 vat or hoop. 



THRUSTiNG-iSrrfw, in Rural Economy, a contrivance of 

 the large fcrew kind, calculated for affording due pref- 

 fure in the making of cheefe with facility and con- 

 venience. Thefe fcrews are perfectly fimple, and capable 

 of being made either of wood or iron ; but the latter mate- 

 rial IS probably by much the beft. They may be wrought 

 in feveral different way's, but it is commonly done by means 

 of a fort of lever applied in fome manner or other, not un- 

 frequently through a hole for the purpofe in the head of 

 the large fcrew. In fome diftrifts they have them fixed up 

 to the under-ildes of the floors above the prefllng-rooms, and 

 the power of them fo managed as to be regulated at plea- 

 fure. By means of thefe thrufting-fcrews, it is evident that 

 the preffure can be gradually increafed, as there may be 

 occafion, from the firft application to the concluding hard 

 or heavy preffure in finiftiing the w'ork. This command of 

 power is, of courfe, a circumftance of great utility and 

 advantage jn fuch bufinefs. 



THRUSTINGS, a term applied in cheefe-making, in 

 fome d'.ilrifts, to the luhite whey, or that which is the laft 

 preffed or forced out of the curd by the hand and other 

 means, after it has been put into the cheefe vat. In fome 

 inftanccs in the procefs and pradlice of making butter of 

 the whey kind, tliefe thruilings are fet by in earthen pans 

 for the purpofe, in order to acidulate, or carve, as it is 

 called in fome places, either by means of the warmth of the 

 feafon, or of a room, for being churned, in the fame way 

 as in the common manner praftifed, in many places, for 

 making butter from milk. See Whey. 



Thefe thruftings, probably, form and conftitute the beft 

 butter of the whey fort, though it is made from that fluid 

 managed in other ways, as feen under the head juft referred 

 to above. 



THRYALLIS, in Botany, an ancient Greek name for 

 fomething of the Mullein kind, whofe woolly leaves fervcd 



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