thrall 
Now ttiKm thi'y reiieh Newcastle jail, 
Anil tn tin' pris'ncr thus they i-ull ; 
"Sh'ipH tliull, wuki's thuil, .loek "' 'III' Side, 
Or IB Hum wearied o' Iliv Ihfnll'" 
Jack o Hi,- siiir (Child's Ballads, VI. 84). 
I saw pale kiiiK" anil prini-es too; . . . 
They cried "La lidlc i>;ime NIMH .Men i 
Hath the.' in tlirall!" 
Kriilt, La Belle Dame laiis Mcrci. 
4. A shelf or stand; a Htaml for ban-els. [I'mv. 
Bag.] 
The dairy thrall* I might ha 1 wrote my name on 'em, 
when I come downstairs after my illnew". 
<;.-iir : is Klin!, Ailam Bfdis vi. (l>,ni,.-.) 
II. n. 1. Kii-l:iv. -d ; bond; subjugated. 
Thcr llberte losto, ther centre made thrall 
With that (era Kvant huge and comerous, 
llnrrililf, myghty, strong, ami orgulous. 
ii'ini. nf Partenay (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 4065. 
So the Philistines, the hotter to keep the Jews i/,ni/i and 
iiiHiiliji'i-tion, utterly bereaved them of all manner weapon 
ami artillery, ami left them nuked. 
Up. Jewel, Works, II. 672. 
2. Figuratively, subject; enthralled. 
Disposcth ay youre hertes to wlthstonde 
The feond that yow wolde make thrale and honde. 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 362. 
He cometh not of gentle hlood 
That to his coyne is thrall. 
Babee Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 103. 
We govern nature in opinions, but we are thrall unto 
her in necessity. Bacon, Praise of Knowledge (ed. 1887). 
[Obsolete or archaic in both uses.] 
thrall (thral), v. t. [< ME. thralleu; < thrall, .] 
1 . To deprive of liberty ; enslave. 
For more precyous Catelle ne gretter Ransoum ne 
myghte he put for us than his hlessede Body, his precyous 
Blood, and his holy I.yf, that he thralled for ns. 
Mandevillt, Travels, p. 2. 
My husband's brother had my son 
Thrall'd in his castle, and hath starved him dead. 
'I':- a iiiiaiii, Gareth and Lynettc. 
2. Figuratively, to put in subjection to some 
power or influence ; enthrall. 
Love, which that BO soone kan 
The freedom of youre hertes to him thralle. 
Chaiifcr, Troilus, 1. 236. 
Not all thy manacles 
Could fetter so my heeles, as this one word 
Hath thralld my heart. 
Heywaod, Woman Killed with Kindness. 
thraller (thru'ler). n. [< thrall + -crl.] One 
who thralls. Kncife. Diet. 
thrallesst (thra'les), . [ME., < thrall + -ess.] 
A bondwoman. [Kare.] 
There [In Egypt) thow shall be sold to thin enemyea, Into 
thrallis and tltrallnaiui. WydiJ, Deut xxviii. 08. 
thrallful (thral'ful), o. [< tlirall + -ful.] En- 
thralled; slavish. 
Also the Lord accepted lob, and staid 
His Thrall-fiM State. 
Syloesttr, Job Triumphant, iv. 
thrang 1 (timing), n. A Scotch (and Middle 
English) form of throng*. 
thrang- (thrang), a. and adv. [A Scotch (and 
ME.) form of throng 2 .'] Crowded; much occu- 
pied; busy; intimate; thick. 
Twa dogs that were na thrany at hame 
Korgather'd ance upon a time. Buna, Twa Dogs. 
It will he hard for you to fill her place, especially on sic 
a thrang day as this. Scott, Old Mortality, iv. 
thranite (thra'nit), n. [= F. thrunitc, < Gr. 
Opavi-riK, a rower of the topmost bench (in a 
trireme), < ffpavo^, bench, framework, esp. the 
topmost of the three tiers of benches in a tri- 
reme.] In Gr. antiq., one of the rowers on tho 
uppermost tier in a trireme. Compare zeuifite 
and thala mite. 
thranitic (thra-nit'ik), a. [< thranite + -ic.~\ 
Of or pertaining to a thranito. Kncyo. Brit., 
XXI. 807. 
thrap (thrap), r. t. ; pret. and pp. tlirnpped, ppr. 
thraiifinij. [Perhaps a dial form otfrnp. Cf. 
dial, troth for trough (trof). The converse 
change is more common : filft for thill."] Xmit. , 
to bind on; fasten about: same aa/ro/i, 2. 
Tlie hull was so damaged that it had for some time been 
secured by cables \vlm-h wei r served or thrapird round it. 
Southeij, Nelson, lii., an. 1795. 
thrapple (thrap'l), n. Same as thropple. 
thrash 1 , < Sec thresh 1 . 
thrash", thresh- (thrash, thresh), n. [A var. 
of thrush** for rush 1 , as rosft 8 for rush*.'] A 
rush. [Scotch.] 
They wore twa bonnie lasses, 
\vb:i' hi^it a bower on yon burn-brae, 
An' theekit it o'er wi' tlir,i*l<> -. 
Bfixif Bell and Hart/ Gray (Child's Ballads, III. 127). 
thrashel, . See tin-niu-i. 
thrasher 1 , . See thresher*. 
thrasher- (thrash'er), . [Also thrmhi-r; a var. 
of thrusher (appar. simulating thrasher*, thrt-xli- 
396 
er*)\ xi'i-tlirusliu: | A kind of throstle or thrush; 
specifically, in the t'nited States, ;i tlmish- 
likc liinl (if the geini.s llnriiiirhijnrliux, of which 
there are numer<mn species, related to the 
mocking-bird, and less nearly to the birds com- 
monly called thrushes. The best-known, and the 
only one found In the greater part of the United states, 
Is //. ru/tu, the brown thrush or brown thrasher, lo 
thread 
thratch (Ihracli), . [< thrateh, v.] The op- 
pressed and violent respiration of one in the 
agonies of death. (Seotch.] 
thrave, threave (thrav, threv), . [< ME. 
tlirm-', Ilii'i-i . Ihriili. < li-el. tlin-ti = Dan. trm; 
= 8w. dial, triin . 11 number of sheaves (cf. Sw. 
' 
(o 
nfi-i; a pile of wood), perhaps orig. a handl'iil 
f. L. iiKini/iulus, a sheaf, lit. 'a handful': aee 
, < Icel. thrifa, grasp. Cf. Icel. thnf, a 
Drown I hr.ishcr i//,irfvrAjr*t/ius 
called windy mnrHu'j-Mrit from its color and shape and 
power of mimicry, in which latter respect it approaches 
the true mocker, Mimu* polyi/lottui. It* proper song, 
heard only from the male and in the breeding-season, Is 
loud, rich, skilfully modulated, and well sustained. This 
bird is very common in shrubliery and undergrowth, es- 
pecially southward. It is bright rufous above, nearly 
uniform ; below whitish shaded with pale flaxen-brown or 
cinnamon, and heavily marked with chains of dark-brown 
streaks, the throat Immaculate, with a necklace of oval 
spots. The length Is about 11 Inches, the extent only 13 or 
14, as the tail Is long and the wings are short. It builds 
in a bush, occasionally on the ground, a bulky nest of 
twigs, leaves, bark-strips, and rootlets, and lays from four 
to six eggs, whitish or greenish, profusely speckled with 
brown, aliout an Inch long and } inch broad. A similar 
but darker-colored thrasher is //. lojvjiro*tris of Texas. 
In New Mexico, Arizona, and California there are several 
others, showing great variation in the length and curva- 
ture of the bill, and quite different in color from the com- 
mon thrasher. Such are the curve-billed, //. cunirottrii i; 
the bow-billed, //. r. palmeri; the Aritona, //. bendirei; 
the St. Lucas, //. riiii-mix of Lower California; the Call- 
Head of California Thrasher {Harporhftt 
two thirds natural size. 
retHvivits}, 
fornia, //. redimma; the Vuma, H. lecontei; and the crls- 
sal, //. cTutalu all found over the Mexican Ixirder. 
sin- sings round after dark, like a thrasher. 
S. .In, 1,1, Margaret, i. 6. 
Blue thrasher, the Bahaman Sfintocithla plumbea, a sort 
of thrush of a plumbeous color with black throat and red 
feet. Sage thrasher. See Mgc-thra*her, and cut under 
Oreitscoptts. 
thrasher-shark, thrasher-whale. See thresh- 
er-shark, etc. 
thrashing, thrashing-floor, etc. See thresh- 
in;/, etc. 
thfashle, See tlircshel. 
thrasonical (thra-son'i-kal), a. [< Tlirano(n-), 
the name of a bragging soldier in Terence's 
"Eunuohus," < Gr. npaai<s, bold, spirited: see 
dare*.'] 1. Given to bragging; boasting; vain- 
glorious. Bacon. 2. Proceeding from or ex- 
hibiting ostentation ; ostentatious; boasting. 
There was never anything so sudden but the fight of two 
rams and Caesar's thratmiicnl brag of "I came, saw, and 
overcame." Shalt., As you Like it, v. 2. 34. 
Who In London hath not heard of his [Greene's] dissolute 
and licentious living 1 ; his ... vain-glorious and Thrn*,,n- 
icai braving? G. Harvey, Four Letters. 
thrasonically (thra-son'i-kal-i), adv. In a thra- 
sonical manner; boastingly. 
To brag thramnicalli/, to boast like Rodomonte. 
Juhnson (under rodomontade). 
thrastet. A Middle English preterit of thrust*. 
Thrasyaetus (thras-i-a'e-tus), n. [NL. (Cones, 
1 SS4 ), after earlier Tlira.>!aetos(G. B. Gray, 1837), 
Thrasaetvs (G. E. Gray, 1844); < Gr. Spaaif, bold, 
+ ornif, an eagle.] A genus of Falconidif, or di- 
urnal birds of prey, including the great crested 
eagle or harpy of South America, T. harpyia,one 
of the largest and most powerful of its tribe. 
See cut under Harpyia. 
thratch (thrach), r. i. [Perhaps an assibilatod 
form of thrark.'] To gasp convulsively, as one 
in the agonies of death. [Scotch.] 
If I but grip you by the collar. 
I'll gar you gape and glour, and gollar, 
All' lliral,-li an thraw for want of breath. 
llratlie, John o' Arnha'. (Jamunm.) 
loft where corn is stored.] 1. A sheaf ; a hand- 
ful. 
(Enter Bawlolo with Servants, with rushes.) 
Come, strew this room afresh; ... lay me 'em thus, 
In fine, smooth Ihrracrt; look you, sir, thus In threaea. 
Chapman, Gentleman Usher, IL 1. 
His belt was made of myrtle leaves 
I'laitiii In small curious thnme*. 
SirJ. *<mn (Arber's Eng. Gamer, 1. 19). 
Specifically 2. Twenty-four sheaves of grain 
set up in the field, forming two stocks, or shocks 
of twelve sheaves each. 
Ac I have thougtes a threw of this thre piles, 
In what wode thel woxen and where that the! gmwed. 
I'iirt Plowman (In, xvL 66. 
I doubt na, whyles, bat thou may thieve ; 
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! 
A daimen icker In a throve 
'H a sma' request. Burnt, To a House. 
3. The number of two dozen ; hence, an indefi- 
nite number; a considerable number. 
He sends forth (Aram of ballads to the sale. 
/(;/. Hall, Satires, IV. vi. 65. 
His Jolly friends, who hither come 
In (Arrant to frolic with him, and make cheer. 
/;. Jontm, Sad Shepherd, L 2. 
[Obsolete or dialectal in all uses.] 
thraw 1 (thra), r. [A Sc. (and ME.) form of 
throw*.'] I. trans. 1. To twist; hence, to 
wrench; wrest; distort. 
Ye '11 thraw my head aff my hanse-bane, 
And throw me In the sea. 
Young Redin (Child's Ballads, III. 16). 
He Is Imwed In the back, 
He 's lift,, /> a in the knee. 
Lord Salton and Auchanachie (Child's Ballads, II. 166). 
2. To cross; thwart; frustrate. 
When Shelhume meek held np his cheek, 
Conform to gospel law, man, 
Saint .Stephen's boys, wi' jarring noise, 
They did his measures thrav, man. 
Bum*, The American War. 
II. intrans. 1. To twist or writhe, as in 
agony; wriggle; squirm. 
And at the dead hour o' the night, 
The corpse began to thraw. 
Young Benjie (Child's Ballads, II. 302). 
The empty boat thrawed i' the wind, 
Against the postern tied. 
6. G. Roaetti, stratton Water. 
2. To cast; warp. 3. To be perverse or ob- 
stinate; act perversely. [Scotch in all uses.] 
thraw 1 (thra), n. [A Sc. form of throw*.'] A 
twist; a wrench. 
In Borrowstoonness he resides with disgrace, 
Till his neck stand in need of a thraw. 
Battle o/ Shmff-Muir (Child's Ballads, VII. 162). 
To rln after spnllzle, de'il be wi' me if I do not glTe your 
cralg a (Aroic. Scott, Waverley, xlvili. 
Heads and thraws, lying side by side, the feet of the 
one by the head of the other. 
thraw' 2 (thra), n. and v. A Scotch form of 
Hi rim-- for tlinii^ In the dead thraw. In the death- 
throes; in the last agonies; the phrase is also applied to 
any object regarded as neither dead nor alive, neither hot 
nor cold. Scott, Guy Mannering, .\\vii. 
thraw-*, n. A Scotch form of throw 3 . 
thraward, thrawart (thra'wSrd, -wftrt), a. 
[Appar. < thraw* + -ard (mixed with/rYitmrrf, 
froward (f)).] Cross-grained; perverse; stub- 
born; tough; also, reluctant. [Scotch.] 
I have kend the Law this niony a year, and mony a 
thrairart job I hae had wi' her tlrst and last. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xliL 
thraw-crook (thra'kruk), n. See throu-cro<>k. \ . 
thrawn (thran), }>. a. [A Sc. form of thrown; 
cf. thrair*.] 1. Twisted; wrenched; distort- 
ed ; sprained : as, a thrown stick ; a thratni foot. 
2. Cross-grained; perverse; contrary or con- 
tradictory. 
"of what are you made?" "Dirt" was the answer uni- 
formly given. " Wull ye never learn to say dust, ye thratni 
decvll? Dr. J. Brown, Marjorie Kleniing. 
thread (thred), n. [Early mod. E. also thrl: 
also threeti, whence, with shortened vowel, tliriil : 
< ME. tlin-ril, tlirril. thmlr.< AS. o"irV/ = OFries. 
thrfrl = MD. ilrni'd, D. draad = OHG. MHG. 
ilrril. (i. draht, thread, wire, = Icel. thrddhr = 
Sw. trdd = Dan. traad = Goth, 'tlirethti (not re- 
corded), thread; lit. 'that which is twisted '(cf. 
twist, tu-ine, thread); with formative -d, < AS. 
thra-an, etc., twist, turn: see throtc*.] 1. A 
