thunder-stroke 
thunder-Stroket (thun'der-strok), n. A thun- 
der-clap ; a stroke or blast by lightning. 
They fell together all, as by consent ; 
They dropp'd as by a thunder-stroke. 
Shak., Tempest, ii. 1. 204. 
thunderstruck (thun'der-struk), . 1. Struck, 
blasted, or injured by lightning. 
Thunder-struck Enceladus, 
Groveling beneath the incumbent mountain's weight. 
Addison, Imit. of Milton, tr. of Story out of the Third 
[^Eneid. 
2. Astonished; amazed; struck dumb by some 
surprising or terrible thing suddenly presented 
to the mind or view. 
3 Merch. I am amazed ! 
1 Merch. 1 thunderslrook '. 
Massinger, Believe as you List, i. 2. 
thunder-thumpt (thun'der-thump), n. A thun- 
derbolt. [Rare.] 
O thou yat throwest the thtmderthumps 
From Heauens hye to Hell. 
Googe, Eglogs (ed. Arber), iv. 
thunder-tube (thun'der-tub), n. A fulgurite, 
thunder-worm (thuu'der-werm), n. An am- 
phisbsenoid lizard of Florida, Bhineura flori- 
dana : so called as forced out of its burrows by 
a thunder-shower. 
thundery (thun'der-i), a. [Formerly also flam- 
dry ; < thunder + -y 1 .] If. Thunder-like; thun- 
dering; loud; resounding. 
As a cannon's thundry roaring ball, 
Batt'ring one turret, shakes the next withall, 
And oft in armies (as by proof they flnde) 
Kills oldest souldiers with his very winde. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas. (Latham.) 
2. Betokening, characterized by, or accompa- 
nied with thunder, or atmospheric disturbance 
caused by electrical discharges. 
So your mother is tired, and gone to bed early ! I'm 
afraid such a thundery day was not the best in the world 
for the doctor to see her. 
Mrs. Oaslcell, North and South, xviii. 
3. Figuratively, threatening an explosion or 
outbreak of temper ; frowning ; angry. 
thunert, n. A Middle English form of thunder. 
thunner (thun'er), n. and v. A dialectal form 
of thunder. 
thunny (thun'i), . Same as tunny. 
thunwanget, . [ME., also thonwange, tlmn- 
wonge, ftiw/<w</e, < AS. thunwangc, thunwongc, 
thumosenge, thunwenge, ihunwang (= LG. dun- 
ninge, diinningc, dunnege = OHG. dunwangi, dun- 
wengi, MHG. tunewenge = Icel. thunnvangi = 
Sw. tinning = Dan. finding), the temple, < thun-, 
appar. base of tlii/nne, thin, + wang, cheek.] 
The temple (of the head). 
Stampe tham wele, and make a plaster, and lay on the 
forhede, and on the thonwanges, bot anoynte hym flrste 
with popilione if he hafe anger in his lyver. 
MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 805. (Hallitoell.) 
thuret, [< L. thus (thur-), tus (tur-), incense: 
see thus 2 ."] Frankincense. 
An unce of mascul thure 
Wei smellyng, and an unce of pepur dure. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 201. 
thurght. A Middle English form of thorough, 
through 1 , through 12 . 
thurghfaret, A Middle English form of 
thoroughfare. 
thurghoutt, prep. A Middle English form of 
thoroughoiit, throughout. 
thurible (thu'ri-bl), n. [< L. thnribulum, turi- 
bulum, a censer, < thus (thur-), tus (tur-), frank- 
incense; cf. Gr. ffvog, incense, < Q'ouv, sacrifice; 
Skt. dhuma, L. fumus, smoke (see fume)."] A 
censer. There is no difference in the meaning of thuri- 
ble and censer, except that the former is the more tech- 
nical ecclesiastical word. 
Sweet incense from the waving thurible 
Rose like a mist. Sovthey. 
thurifer (thu'ri-fer), n. [< L. thurifer, turifer, 
< thus (thur-), tus (tur-), incense, + ferre = E. 
tear 1 .] An acolyte who carries the censer. 
thuriferous (thu-rif'e-rus), a. [< thurifer + 
-ous.~\ Producing or bearing frankincense. 
thurificate (thu-rif'i-kat), a. [< LL. thurifica- 
tus, turificatus, pp. of thurificare, turificare, burn 
incense: see thurify."] Having offered incense. 
The thuriflcate, in the early church, those who had 
offered incense to pagan deities. They formed part of 
the class of penitents called the lapsed (see lapse). 
thurification (thu"ri-fi-ka'shon), n. [< ML. 
*thurificatio(n-), < LL. thurificare, burn incense : 
see thurify.'] The act of burning incense or of 
fuming with incense. 
The Church of England gives to the Blessed Virgin and 
all the saints memorative honours, no inward soul sub- 
mission in her prayers and offices, no dependence, no in- 
vocations, no intercessions, no incense, thurification, can- 
dies, or consumptive offerings, or genuflexions. 
Evelyn, True Religion, II. 352. 
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thurify (thu'ri-fi), r. ; pret. and pp. thurified, 
ppr. thurifying. [< LL. thurificare, turificare, 
burn incense, < L. thus (thur-), tus (tur-), in- 
cense, +facere, make (see -/#}.] I. trans. To* 
perfume with odors as from a thurible ; cense. 
This Herring, or this cropshin, was sensed and thitrified 
in the smoake. 
Nashe, Lenten Stuffe(Harl. Misc., VI. 176). 
The Smoak of Censing, Smoak of Thurifying 
Of Images. Sylvester, Tobacco Battered. 
II. intrans. To scatter incense; cense. 
Thuringian (thu-rin'ji-an), a. and n. [< Thu- 
ringia (= G. Thuringen) + -an."] I. a. Pertain- 
ing to Thuringia, a region in central Germany. 
Properly it is the district included between the Harz, the 
Thuringian Forest, and the rivers Werra and Saale ; but 
it is often regarded as comprising the Saxon duchies, the 
principalities of Schwarzburg and Reuss, inclosed exclayes 
of other states, and adjoining parts of Prussia. Thurin- 
gia was a medieval landgraviate, and its later history is 
merged in that of Saxony. 
II. . A native or an inhabitant of Thuringia. 
thuringite (thu-rin'jit), n. [< Thuringia (see 
Thuringian) + -He 2 ."] In mineral., a hydrous 
silicate of iron and aluminium, occurring as an 
aggregate of minute scales which are distinct- 
ly cleavable in one direction, and have an olive- 
green color and nacreous luster. 
thurl, thurling. See thirl 1 , thirling. 
thurm (therm), v. t. In cabinet-making, to work 
(moldings or the like) across the grain of the 
wood with saw and chisel, thus producing, in 
square uprights and the like, patterns similar 
to those turned by the lathe. 
thurrockt, . [Early mod. E. also thorrocke; 
< ME. tlmrrok, the hold of a ship, < AS. thurruc, 
a small boat (glossing cumba and caupplus), 
also prob. the hold of a ship (also, according to 
Lye, a drain (canalis); but see tlmrritck),=MD. 
durck, dorck, the hold of a ship ; perhaps orig. 
(like hold itself) 'hole,' akin to Goth, thairko, 
a hole, and to AS. thurh, thuruh, E. thorough, 
through^-: see thorough."] The hold of a ship; 
also, the bilge. 
The same harm dooth som tyme the simile dropes of 
water that entren thurgh a litel crevace into the thurrok, 
and in the botme of the shipe. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
Ye shall uiiderstande that there ys a place in the bottom 
of a shyppe wherein ys gathered all the fylthe that Com- 
eth into the shyppe and it is called in some contre of 
this londe a thorrocke. Other calle yt an hamron, and 
gome calle yt the bnlcke of the shyppe. 
Our Ladyes Mirroure (London, 1630), quoted by Tyrwhitt. 
thurrough (thur'6), n. [A dial. var. of furrow 
(as, reversely, fill 2 for thill), or else a var. of 
thurruck, , a drain, regarded as a particular 
use of thurrock.] A furrow. Halliwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
thurruck (thur'uk), . [A further var. of thur- 
rough, itself a var. of furrow, or else a var. and 
particular use of thurrock. The AS. thurruc 
defined by Lye as a canal or drain (canalis), 
does not appear to have had that sense : see 
thurrock."] A drain. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Thursday (therz'da), n. [< ME. Thursday, 
Thursdey, Thors day, Tliores day, a contracted 
form (after the Icel. Thorsdagr) of early ME. 
Thunres deei (which would reg. give mod. E. 
*Thundersday), < AS. Thunres deeg = OFries. 
Thunresdi, Dunrisdei, Tongeresdei, Tornsdei = 
D. Donderdag = MLG. Donerdach = OHG. 
Donarestag, MHG. Donerstac, G. Donnerstag = 
Icel. Thorsdagr = Sw. Dan. Torsdag; orig. two 
words, 'Thunder's day,' 'Thor's day,' translat- 
ing L. Dies Jovis : see thunder, Thor, and day 1 .] 
The fifth day of the week. See week. Abbrevi- 
ated Th., T/IW. Bounds Thursday, Ascension day : 
so called from the old parish custom of marking or beat- 
ing the bounds. See perambulation. Great Thursday, 
Great and Holy Thursday, in the Or. Ch., same as 
Maundy Thursday. Green Thursday, Thursday in 
Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. Holy Thursday, As- 
cension day: so called because it is the greatest festival 
of the church year which falls regularly upon a Thurs- 
day. This name has always been given to Ascension day 
in England, both before and since the Reformation. The 
application of the name to Thursday in Holy Week, prop- 
erly Maundy Thursday, is recent and incorrect, resting 
either on confusion or on imitation of foreign (continen- 
tal) usage. Maundy Thursday. See maundy. Ke- 
mission Thursday, Sheer Thursday. Same as Maun- 
dy Thursday. Thursday of the Great Canon. See 
Great Canon, under great. 
thurset (thers), n. [Also dial, thrush, thrust 
(as in hobthrush, var. hobthrust), < ME. tliurse, 
thursse, thyrce, thurs, thirs, also transposed 
thrusse, thrwsse, thrusche, < AS. thyrs = OHG. 
durs, duris, turs, thnris, MHG. durse, durse, 
diirsch, also turse, tiirse, tursch. a giant, demon, 
= Icel. thurs (pron. thus), a giant, goblin, dull 
fellow, = Norw. tuss. dial, tusse, tust, a goblin, 
kobold, elf, a dull fellow, = Dan. tosse, a booby, 
fool. For the supposed relation with deuce, see 
thusness 
deuce" 1 . The word thiirse remains in various 
local names, as Tliursfield, Thursley, Tliursly, 
Tliurso, etc. (in some instances probably con- 
fused with Thor's as in Thursday)."] A giant; 
a gigantic specter; an apparition. Kennett(in 
Halliwell, under thyrce); Way (in Prompt. Par v., 
p. 491, note). [Prov. Eng.] 
Thykke theefe as a thursse, and thikkere in the hanche, 
Greesse growene as a galte, fulle grylych he lukez '. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1100. 
There shal lyn lamya that is a thirs [var. thrisse], or a 
beste havende the body lie a womman and horse feet. 
Wyclif, Isa. xxxiv. 15. 
thurse-holet (thers'hol), n. A hollow vault in 
a rock or stony hill, sometimes used as a dwell- 
ing. Kennett (quoted in Prompt. Parv., p. 491). 
thurse-houset (thers'hous), . Same as thurse- 
Jtolc. 
thur stt, thur styt. Old spellings of thirst, thirsty. 
thurt (thert), adv. &ndj>rep. A dialectal form of 
thwart 1 . 
thus 1 (THUS), adi: [< ME. tints, thous, thos, < 
AS. thus (= OS. thus = OFries. thus = D. dus), 
prob. a var. of thys(= OS. thins), instr. of thes, 
this: see this.] 1. Of manner or state : (a) In 
this way (referring to something present or un- 
der consideration) ; in the manner or state now 
being indicated : as, one may often see gardens 
arranged thus or thus. 
His Aungell cleere, as cristall clene, 
Here vn-to you thus am I sente. 
York Plays, p. 35. 
Thus I forestall thee, if thou mean to chide. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 484. 
Nay, Ellen, blench not thus away. 
Scott, L. of that, ii. 30. 
(b) In the manner just indicated (pointing to 
something that has just been said, done, or re- 
ferred to). 
Whetherthis was a bragge of the Russes or not, I know 
not, but thus he sayd. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 267. 
Why hast thou thus dealt with us? Luke ii. 48. 
The goddess thus; and thus the god replies, 
Who swells the clouds, and blackens all the skies. 
Pope, Iliad, viii. 584. 
Incensed at being thus foiled, Muley Abul Hassan gave 
orders to undermine the walls. Irving, Granada, p. 44. 
(c) In the state or manner now to be indicated 
( pointing to something immediately following) . 
Therein was a record thus written. Ezra vi. 2. 
Were he my kinsman, brother, or my son, 
It should be thus with him ; he must die to-morrow. 
Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 82. 
2. Of cause: Consequently; accordingly; so; 
things being so ; hence (pointing to something 
that follows as an effect). 
Thus, for my duty's sake. I rather choose 
To cross my friend. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. 17. 
Thus men are raised by faction, and decried. 
And rogue and saint distinguished by their side. 
Dryden, The Medal, I. 154. 
3. Of degree or quality : To this extent or pro- 
portion; so. 
Whither are you thus early addrest ? 
B. Jonson, Catiline, ii. 1. 
Even thus wise that is, thus peaceable. Holyday. 
Thus far, to this point or degree. 
Thus far, with rough and all-unable pen, 
Our bending author hath pursued the story. 
Shak., Hen. V., Epil. 
Thus much, as much as this ; to this extent or degree : 
as, thus much by way of apology. 
Onely thus much now is to be said, that the Comedy is 
an imitation of the common errors of our life. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
thus 2 (thus), n. [L. thus, tus, incense. Cf. Wi- 
rible, etc.] Frankincense; either (a) olibanum 
or (b) the turpentine which concretes on the 
trunks of the trees yielding turpentine Ameri- 
can thus, the product chiefly of the long-leaved pine, Pi- 
nus palustris, and of the loblolly-pine, P. Tseda. 
thus-gatet, adv. [ME., < thus^ + gate?. Cf. 
another-gate."] In this wise; in this way; thus. 
Now with hym and now with hare and thus-gate ich begge. 
Piers Plowman (C), vi. 51. 
This is ioyfull tydyng, 
That I may nowe here see 
The modyr of my lord kyng 
Thus-yate come to me. 
York Plays, p. 100. 
thus-gatest, adv. [ME. thusgates, thusgatis; < 
thus-gate + adv. gen. -es.] Same as thus-gate. 
To blyse sal I sone be restorede 
If I my saule thusyates wil fede. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 108. 
And thus gatis he hailsed the croice. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 113. 
thusness (THus'ni's),w. The state of being thus. 
Nature, XLIII. 435. [Rare except in humorous 
use.] 
