Thistlf-merk of James VI. Brlthh 
Museum. (Size of the original.) 
thistle-down 
Aallii.-'t: -/"'- in Hi' nyre doih Die, 
So vainly -bait limit (IK* ami fro lit tot. 
N/iriUfr, Mother Hub. Tale, I. 
First loves wen- apt to lloat away from memory as 
down* upon a Hummer bree/e. /'A.- I'eninri/, XI,. em. 
thistle-finch (this'l-linch), . One of several 
different fringilliuc birds which t'eeil In a no- 
table ex lent nil I he seeils of I 111- this! If a In I Va- 
rious relati-il colil]>osites. Thin name, or an equiv- 
alent, is traceable to the a<u4ci of Aristotle (compute 
the extract when iiniler thixtleicarp below), and covers 
mmteroiiH species of 
linnets, siskins, gold- 
tlnchcH, etc., of similar 
habits and of close- 
ly related suhgcneric 
groups, for the i xpla- 
natlon of which see 
xpiiitts. Also thistlf- 
tiir.l, mid formerly (Aw- 
fl' >i'<irp. 
Carduelis, a linnet, a 
t/ti*llL>finch. 
ffomenclator (UiSS), p. 
[67. i //"///'"//.) 
thistle-merk 
(this' 1- inerk), u. 
A Scottish silver 
coin, issued in 160] 
by James VI. It 
weighed 104.7 
grains troy, and 
was worth 13s. 4rf. 
Scotch (13Jd. Eng- 
lish) at the time of 
issue. 
thistle-plume 
(this'l-pl6ra),n. A 
plume-moth, Ptero- 
jihorus eardnid<ie- 
tylns, whose larva 
feeds on thistle- 
heads. [U. S.] 
thistle-tube (this'- 
1-tub), . In chem- 
ical glassware, a funnel-tube in which the flar- 
ing part of the funnel is connected with a bulb 
of considerably larger diameter, from the bot- 
tom of which a tube extends downward, thus 
presenting a profile strikingly similar to the 
stalk of a thistle and its composite flower 
(whence the name). 
thistlewarpt (this'1-warp), . [< thistle + warp. 
Cf. mnhl\fiiri>.~\ The goldfinch or siskin; a 
thistle-finch. 
Two sweet birds, surnamed th' Acanthldes, 
Which we call Thistle-warps, that near no seas 
Dare ever come, but still in couples fly, 
And feed on thistle-tops, to testify 
The hardness of their first life in the last. 
Marlowe and Chapman, Hero and Leander, vL 277. 
thistly (this'li), a. [< thistle + -yi.] 1. Con- 
sisting of or abounding in thistles. 
The land, once lean, 
Or fertile only In its own disgrace, 
Exults to see its thistly curse repeal'd. 
Cowper, Task, vL 768. 
The ground Is thistly, and not pleasurable to bare feet. 
Ruslrin, Elements of Drawing, p. 218. 
2. Resembling a thistle or some attribute of a 
thistle ; prickly. 
The rough Hedg-hog . . . 
On 's tl,i*tlii bristles rowles him quickly in. 
Sylwster, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. G. 
A beautiful Maltese [cat] with great yellow eyes, fur as 
soft as velvet, and silvery paws as lovely to look at as they 
were thistly to touch. 
n. T. Cooke, Somebody's Neighbors, p. 48. 
thiswiset (THis'wiz), ade. [< this + -irwte.] In 
this manner; thus. 
Which text may thisicijte be understood : that, as that 
sin shall be punished with everlasting damnation in the 
life to come, even so shall it not escape vengeance here. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., I860), p. 24. 
thithent, <idr. See, tin then. 
thither (THITH'IT), adr. [< ME. thider, tlujilcr. 
Ihyilin; tlniili r, tlmli r, thedur, tlnidere, < AS. 
t/iiila: thi/der = lce\. thiidlirn. thither; cf. Goth. 
thnthri'i, thence, then; < 'tha, the pronominal 
base of the, Unit, etc., + -der, a compar. suffix 
seen also in hither, irliitlier, after, i/oiider, etc. 
( 'f. Skt. /(//;, there, thither.] 1. To that place : 
opposed to hithi-r. 
Whan the kouherd com thM(er}e he konred lowe 
To bi-hold in at the hole win his hound berkyd. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), I. 47. 
Wliere I am, thither ye cannot come. John vli. 34. 
2. To that point, degree, or result ; to that end. 
This wrestler shall clear all: nothiiiK remains but that 
1 kindle the bo\ Ihilli, r. Shall., As you Like it, i. 1. 179. 
Hither and thither, see hither. 
thither (TniTH'er).. [< (MAr, adv.] Being 
in that place or direction; lieiice. further: 
6297 
remote; opposite: opposed to hilln-r. 
[Rare.] 
They crossed from Broadway to the noisome street by 
the ferry', and in a little while had taken their places in 
the train on the tltithfr side of the water. 
llouxlli. Their Wedding Journey, ii. 
thither (THiTH'er), v. i. [< thither, ailr.] To 
go thither. [Rare.] To hither and thither. See 
hither. 
thitherto (Tiimr-cr-td'), <nlr. [< thither + 
Int.] To that place or point ; so far. [Rare.] 
The workmen's petitions also laid particular stress on 
the point that by the thitherto prevailing laws the jour- 
neymen lawfully educated for their trade had acquired a 
right similar to property. 
Kmjlish Qildi(E. E. T. S.). Int., p. cxcll. 
thitherward (THiTH'er-wiird), tulr. [< MK. 
thiili nnir/l, thediricnrd, thytUrWitfd, thudertciird. 
< AS. thidertreard, < thider, thither, + -ireard, E. 
-ininl.\ Toward that place, point, or side ; in 
that direction. 
When thou goys In the gate, go not to faste, 
N'e hyderwerd ne thedcrtrard thi hede thou caste. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 48. 
Long he wander'd, till at last a gleam 
Of dawning light turn'd thitherward in haste 
His travell'd steps. Milton, f. 1.., iii. 600. 
thitherwards (TuiTil'er-wardz), adv. [< ME. 
thiilencards, < AS. thiderwearden, < thiderineard 
+ adv. gen. -e*.] Same as thitherward. 
thitlingt (THit'ling), n. [Origin obscure.] A 
hamlet. 
Cities, hoi-roughs, baronies, hundreds, towns, villager, 
thilliiujg. Milton, Articles of Peace with the Irish, xviil. 
thitsee (thit'se), . See theetsee. 
thitto, See Sandoricum. 
thivel (thiv'l), n. Same as thible. 
Thlaspi (thlas'pi), n. [NL. (Malpighi, 1675; 
earlier in Matthioli, 1554), < L. thlagpi, < Gr. 
OMunn, OXaome, a kind of cress the seed of which 
was crushed and used as a condiment, < 0%av, 
crush, bruise.] A genus of cruciferous plants, 
type of the tribe Thlaxmdete. It is characterized by 
equal petals, stamens without appendages, and a sessile 
emargmatepod with laterally compressed winged or keeled 
valves, and two or more seeds In each cell. There are about 
30 species, natives chiefly of northern regions, both tem- 
perate and arctic. They are usually smooth annuals, some- 
times perennials, with a rosette of radical leaves, the stem- 
leaves with an auricled clasping base, and the racemed 
flowers either white, pink, or pale-purple. For T. aroense 
of Europe, see penny^ress, ana cuts under accumbent and 
twrf. 
Thlaspideae (thlas-pid'e-e), n. vl. [NL. (A. P. 
de Candolle, 1824), < Thlattpi (Thlagjrid-) + -.] 
A tribe of cruciferous plants, characterized by 
a silicle compressed contrary to the usually 
narrow partition, and by straight accumbent 
cotyledons. It includes 16 genera, of which 
Thlaspi (the type), Iberis (the candytuft), and 
Teesdalia are the most important. 
thlipsencephalus (thlip-sen-sef'a-lus), n. ; pi. 
thlijifsencepliali (-11). [NL., < Gr. 0/iV'f, pressure 
(see thlipsix), + ryistja/jac, brain.] In teratol.-, 
a monster the upper part of whose skull is ab- 
sent, as a result of abnormal intracranial pres- 
sure during fetal life. 
thlipsis (thlip'sis), n. [NL., <Gr. 6)j^i f , pres- 
sure, compression, < OMfietv, press, distress.] In 
med., compression of vessels, especially con- 
striction by an external cause ; oppression. 
tho 1 (THO), adt: and conj. [< ME. tho, tha, < AS. 
thd, then ; as a relative, when ; < 'tha, the pro- 
nominal base seen in the, that, etc.] I. inlr. 
Then ; thereupon. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Tho redde he me how Sampson loste his heres. 
Chaucer, ProL to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 721. 
Athen. He will enforce, If you resist his suit. 
Ida. What that Greene, Junes IV.. II. 
Il.t eonj. Wlien. 
'/7c. he was of nyne hundred 3er and two and thritti old, 
His strengthe fuylede of his limes. 
Holy Rood led. MorrisX p. 21. 
tho 2 t (THO), def. art. andiron. [< ME. the, tha. 
< AS. thd, pi. of se (the), se6, that, the def. art. : 
see the 1 .'] I. def . art. Tho (in plural); those. 
Out of the gospel he thu wordes caughte. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., L 498. 
II. i>ro. Those; they. 
Been ther none othere matter resemblances 
That ye may likne youre parables to, 
But if a sely wyf be oon of tho? 
Chaucer, ProL U) Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 370. 
tho'. tho 3 (THO), conj. A common abbreviated 
spelling of thoiigh. 
thoelt, a. An old spelling of thole 2 . 
thoft (THof), conj. [< ME. tlmf. tlmfe; a dial. 
form of tliiiui/h, the orig. guttural yh (h) chang- 
ing to /'. as also in ilirnrf. and as pronounced 
in rough, tnini/li. eU'.] Though. 
thole 
But yetdeghlt not the link. , rwhym den- llmllt. 
Deitni i i T. s.), i. auaa. 
There U not a soul of them nil, thnf In tuik'ht nut care 
a brass penny for you before, who will not till a bumper to 
your health now. J. BaMie. 
thoft 1 (tlioft), . [Hither a mod. var. of 
Iliiiui/lit*. itself u var. of the earlier thuft, or 
repri'seiiling the earlier thJ't unaltered, < ME. 
tliofl. < AS. IhoJ'lr (= Icei. thiililil = S\v. tuft 
= Dan. toftf), a rowing-bench; hence i/rilm/ln. 
a companion, orig. a companion on a rowing- 
bench ('thoft-fcllow'); cf. ME. fern, thnft,;,. 
tl/nlitiii, a handmaid.] A rowing-bench : used 
in the compound thoft-felloir. [Prov. Eng.] 
thoft- (thoft), n. A dialectal form of thou</liti, 
thoft-fellow (thoft'fel'6), n. [< //(//' +J'il- 
linr.\ A fellow-oarsman. Ilailiirill. [Prov. 
BM.] 
tholance (tho'lans), n. [< thiilf 1 + -anrr.'] 
Sufferance. Jamifxoii. [Scotch.] 
thole 1 (thol), r.; pret. and pp. thoted, ppr. thol- 
iii. [ < M K. //,.</<. tlmlien. < AS. thtilinn = ( )S. 
tholean, tholon = OFries. tholia = < 
MHG. dnin = Icel. thola = Sw. t<il,i = Dan. 
taale = Goth, thulan, suffer; akin to Gr. rff/vai, 
suffer (r'/tifiujv, miserable, wiAbrJat, much-suf- 
fering, Tol/iav, risk, suffer, etc.), L. tolerare, 
endure, tollere, bear, lift, raise (pp. latitg for 
"tlatitK, pret. tuli, used to supply the pret. and 
pp. of ferre, bear). Cf. tolerate, etc. Hence 
AS. gethpld = 1). gedutd = OHG. dull, MHG. 
dull, G. ge-duld, endurance, patience ; D. dulden 
= OHG. dultan, MHG. dulten, G. it,,!,!,-,,, suf- 
fer.] I. trans. 1. To bear; undergo; sus- 
tain ; put up with ; stand. 
The! pin-hen that penaunce is profitable to the soule, 
And what myschief and malese Cryst for man tholed. 
Piers Plowman (K\ till. 76. 
We've done nae ill, we'll thole nae wrang. 
/.../.. ../ W,,,,:,'!:,;,, i (Child's Ballads, VI. 17::i 
Thou goest about a-slghlng and a-moanlng in a way 
that I can't stand or thole. Mrs. Oaskell, Ruth, xvi. 
2. To experience ; feel ; suffer. 
God, that tholede passiun, 
The holde, sire, longe aliue. 
King Horn (E. E. T. 8.), p. 67. 
So muche wo as I have with you tholed. 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 248. 
The long reign of utter wretchedness, the nineteen win* 
ters which England had tholed lor her sins. 
E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, V. 219. 
3. To tolerate; permit; allow. 
I salle hys commandement holde, 3 if Criste wll me thole! 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4151. 
Trewly he Is on-lyue, 
That tholede the Jewes his tlessh to rifle, 
He LI.- vs fele his woundes fyue, 
Oure lorde verray. 
York Playt, p. 453. 
4. To admit of ; afford. 
He gaed to his gude wife 
Wf a' the speed that he coud (7n.iV 
Lochmaben Harper (Child's Ballads, VI. S). 
5. To give freely. Balliicell. 
n. intrans. 1. To endure grief, pain, mis- 
fortune, etc. ; suffer. 
Manne on uiolde, be ineke to me. 
And haue thy maker In thl mynde, 
And thynke howe I haue tlwlid for the. 
With pereles paynes for to be pyned. 
fork Playt, p. 372. 
2. To be patient or tolerant; bear (with) ; be 
indulgent. 
Tlicnnc he thulged with hlr threpe. & thohd hlr to speke, 
& ho here on hym the belt, & bede hit hym swythe, 
A he granted. 
Sir Oawayne and the Oreen Knight (E. E. T. 8.X 1. 1869. 
3. To wait; stay; remain. Jamiesou; llalliin-ll. 
[Obsolete or prov. Eng. or Scotch in all uses.] 
tholeH (thol), n. [ME. thole (= Icel. thol); < 
thole 1 , r.] Patience; endurance; tolerance. 
For ic am god, gelus and strong, 
Min wreche Is hard, mln thole It long. 
Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 349C. 
thole 2 (thol), . [Also thowl, thou-el, and for- 
merly thoel; early mod. E. tholle; < ME. thol, 
tholle, < AS. thol (glossed scalmm) = MD. dot, 
dolle, D. dol = LG. dolle, a thole, = Icel. thollr. 
a wooden peg, the thole of a boat, a pin, = 
Dan. <ol, a thole, pin. stopper; cf. Icel. thollr, 
also thiili (thiiU-), = Norw. toll, tall, a fir-tree, = 
Sw. tall, dial, tftl, a pine-tree.] 1. A pin in- 
serted in the gunwale of a boat, or in a similar 
position, to act as a ful- 
crum for the oar in row- ^^^^^^^^^^J 
ing. The oar is sometimes se- ^^^ 
cured to the thole by a loop of i ' i 
cordage ; but more frequently 
there are two pins between which the oar plays, In which 
case the thole is properly the pin against which the oar 
presses when the sttoke is made. It is common, however, 
