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is thou, O king, that art become strong. Dan.—It some- 
time serves to save the repetition of a word or words fore¬ 
going.—I’ll know your business, that I will. Shakspeare. 
—Opposed to this, as the other to one. 
This is not fair; nor profitable that; 
Nor t’ other question proper for debate. Dry den. 
When this and that relate to foregoing words, this is 
referred like hie or ceci to the latter, and that like ille or 
cela to the former. 
In this scale gold, in t’ other fame does lie, 
The weight of that Mounts this so high. Cowley. 
Such as.—By religion is meant a living up to those prin¬ 
ciples, that is, to act conformably to our best reason, and to 
live as becomes those who believe a God and a future state. 
Tillotson. —That which ; what. 
Sir, I think the meat wants that I have, 
_Basting. Shakspeare. 
The thing.—The Nazarite hath vowed, besides that that 
his hand shall get. Numb. —The thing which then was. 
Secure proud Nabas slept. 
And dreamt, vain man, of that day's barbarous sport, 
Cowley. 
By way of eminence. 
This is that Jonathan, the joy and grace. 
That Jonathan in whom does mixt remain 
All that fond mothers wish. Cowley. 
In That. Because; in consequence of.—Things are 
preached not in that they are taught, but in that they are 
published. Hooker. 
THAT, conjunction, [thatei , Goth.] Because.—Forgive 
me that I thus your patience wrong. Cowley. —Noting a 
consequence. 
That he should dare to do me this disgrace, 
Is fool or cow'ard writ upon my face? Dry den. 
Noting indication.—We answered, that we held it so 
agreeable, as we both forgot dangers past and fears to come, 
that we thought an hour spent with him was worth years of 
our former life. Bacon. —Noting a final end. 
Treat it kindly, that it may 
Wish at least with us to stay. Cowley. 
THATCH, s. [Sace, Sax., straw, Skinner; from Sac, a 
roof. Formerly thack. ] Straw laid upon the top of a house 
to keep out the weather. 
Then came rosy Health from her cottage of thatch. 
Where never physician had lifted the latch. Smart. 
To THATCH, v. a. [Saccian, Sax.] To cover as with 
straw. 
Make false hair, and thatch 
Your poor thin roofs with burthens of the dead. 
Shakspeare. 
THATCHAM, a parish of England, formerly a market 
town, in Berkshire, with an endowed school, and containing 
11,491 acres of land. Population 2104; 3 miles east of 
Newbury. 
THA'TCHER, s. One whose trade is to cover houses 
with straw. 
You merit new employments daily; 
Our thatcher, ditcher, gard’ner, baily. Swift. 
THATCHER’S ISLAND, a small island of the United 
States, on the coast of Massachusets, about a mile east of 
Cape Ann. 
THAU, a salt water lake in the south of France, on the 
coast of the department of the Herault, separated from the 
sea by a narrow tongue of land, but communicating with it 
by an inlet. It is about 35 miles long, and receives the 
waters of the great canal of Languedoc. 
THAUMATU'RGICAL, adj. Exciting wonder.—Indian 
pictures made of feathers, China works, frames, thaumatur- 
gical motions, exotic toys. Burton. 
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TH A'UMATURGY, s. [favya, ftavyarc i$, Gr , a wonder, 
and egyov, a work.] Act of performing what may excite 
wonder.—This art, with others of the experimental kind, the 
philosophers of those times were fond of adapting to the pur¬ 
poses of thaumaturgy. Warton. 
To THAW, v. n. [Sapan, Sax.; degen, Dutch.] To 
grow liquid after congelation ; to melt. 
It on firm land 
Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems 
Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice. Milton. 
To remit the cold which had caused frost. 
To THAW, v. a. To melt what was congealed. 
Bring me the fairest creature northward born, 
Where Phoebus’ fire scarce thaws the isicles. Shakspeare. 
THAW, s. Liquefaction of anything congealed.—A man 
of my kidney, that am as subject to heat as butter; a man of 
continual dissolution and thaw. Shakspeare. —Warmth 
such as liquifies congelation—I was the prince’s jester, and 
duller than a great thaw. Shakspeare. 
THAXTED, a market town of England, in the county 
of Essex, situated near the source of the river Chelmer, in a 
dry gravelly soil. The town has but little trade, and is chiefly 
remarkable for its parish church; this is a very large and 
beautiful structure in the Gothic style. It appears, from the 
various arms and cognizances on its several parts, to have 
been built at different times in the 14th century. The market 
which had for a long period been discontinued, has of late years 
been revived, but is not much frequented. It appears to have 
been granted to Bartholomew lord Badlesmere, by Edward 
II. Market on Friday, and two annual fairs; 20 miles north¬ 
west of Chelmsford, and 43 north-east of London. Lat. 
51. 56. N. long. 0. 18. E. 
THE, article, [be. Sax., articulus. Prsefigitur nomibus 
per omnes casus utriusque numeri, haud secus ac apud nos 
ipsa the; praesertim verb apud scriptores Normanno-Sax- 
onicos. Lye, edit. Manning.] The article noting a par¬ 
ticular thing. 
Your son has paid a soldier’s debt; 
He only liv’d but till he was a man. 
The which no sooner had his prowess confirm’d. 
In the unshrinking station where he fought, 
But like a man he died. Shakspeare. 
Th' adoring thee with so much art 
Is but a barb’rous skill, 
’Tis like the pois’ning of a dart, 
Too apt before to kill. Cowley. 
It is used by way of consequential reference.— The longer 
sin hath kept possession of the heart, the harder it will be to 
drive it out. Wh. Duty o f Man. —In the following passage 
the is used according to the French idiom. As all the con¬ 
siderable governments among the Alps are commonwealths, 
so it is a constitution the most adapted of any to the poverty 
of these countries. Addison. 
THEA, [from Teh or Theli of the Chinese, or Tsia of 
the Japonese], in Botany, a genus of the class polyandria, 
order monogynia trigynia, natural order of columniferae, 
aurantia. (Juss.) —Generic Character. Pericarp : five- 
parted, very small, flat, inferior, permanent; segments 
roundish, obtuse, equal. Corolla: petals three to nine, 
roundish, concave, large, of which two are exterior and a 
little smaller. Stamina: filaments numerous, (more than tno 
hundred) filiform, shorter than the corolla, inserted into the 
receptacle. Anthers cordate, fastened by the back. Pistil: 
germ globular-trigonal. Styles three, united at the base, at 
bottom erect, closely approximating, and as it were united 
into one, above the stamens diverging, somewhat recurved at 
the top, after flowering separated to the very base, reflexed at 
the top. Stigmas simple. Pericarp: capsule tricoccous, 
irilocular, gaping at the top, in three directions. Seeds so¬ 
litary, globose, angular on the inward side.—The parts of 
the flower vary much in number, for sometimes the calyx is 
six-parted : the corolla has three petals or more as far as nine, 
of which the six inner ones are larger and equal, the three 
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