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THE'REFORE, adv. Formerly accented indifferently 
on either syllable.—For that; for this; for this reason. 
This is the latest parley we will admit; 
Therefore to our best mercy give yourselves. Shakspeare. 
Consequently.—He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spec¬ 
tator. —In return for this; in recompence for this or for that. 
—We have forsaken all and followed thee, what shall we 
ha ve therefore. St. Matt. —For that purpose. Not in use. 
So to his steed he got, and gan to ride 
As one unfitt therefore, that all might see 
He had not trayned bene in chivalree. Spenser. 
THEREFRO'M, adv. From that; from this.—The leaves 
that spring therefrom grow white. Mortimer. 
THEREI'N, adv. In that; in this.— Therein our let¬ 
ters do not well agree. Shakspeare. 
THEREINTO', adv. Into that.—Though we shall have 
occasion to speak of this, we will now make some entrance 
thereinto. Bacon. 
THEREOF, adv. Of that; of this.—I shall begin 
with Greece, where my observations shall be confined to 
Athens, though several instances might be brought from 
other states thereof. Swift. 
THEREO'N, adv. On that. 
You shall bereave yourself 
Of my good purposes, and put your children 
To that destruction which I’ll guard them from, 
If thereon you rely. Shakspeare. 
THEREO'UT, adv. Out of that. 
Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose. 
That towns and castles under her breast did cour. Spenser. 
THERESE, St., Isle of, an island in the St. Lawrence, 
formed by the confluence of the Rivieres des Prairies, which 
bounds the northern shore of the island of Montreal. 
THERESIENFELD, a small town of Lower Austria, to 
the south of Vienna. 
THERESIENSTADT, or Marien Theresienstadt, a 
large town of the south of Hungary, in the palatinate of Bacs. 
This, like Debreczin, is an assemblage of villages, or rather 
one vast overgrown village, consisting of 3000 cottages, in¬ 
habited by 22,000 inmates, partly of Servian, partly of 
Rascian descent. Lat. 46. 5. 46. N. long. 19. 40. 42. E. 
THERESIENSTADT, a fortified place of the north of 
Bohemia, situated in the angle formed by the Elbe and the 
Egra, at their junction ; 31 miles north-north-west of Prague, 
and 1 south-east of Leutmeritz. 
THERESIOPEL, a small town in the south of Hungary, a 
little to the north of Temesvar, inhabited by a Bulgarian 
colony. 
THERETO', or Thereunto', adv. To that.—Next 
thereunto did grow a goodly tree. Spenser. 
THEREU'NDER, adv. Under that.—Those which come 
nearer unto reason, find paradise under the equinoctial line, 
judging that thereunder might be found most pleasure and 
the greatest fertility. Ralegh. 
THEREUPO'N, adv. Upon that; in consequence of 
that. 
He hopes to find you forward, 
And thereupon he sends you this good news. Shakspeare. 
Immediately. 
THEREWHI'LE, adv: At the same time. Not in use. 
—Of this bodily reverence of God in his church, the govern¬ 
ment is moderate; God grant it be not loose therewhile. 
Alp .Laud. 
THEREWITH, adv. With that. 
Therewith at last he forc’d him to untie 
One of his grasping feet, him to defend thereby. Spenser. 
Immediately. 
THEREWITH'AL, adv. Over and above. 
Therewithal the execrable act 
On their late murther’d king they aggravate.. Daniel. 
At the same time. 
Well, give her that ring, and give therewithal 
That letter. Shakspeare. 
With that. 
His hideous tail then hurled he about. 
And therewithal enwrapt the nimble thighs 
Of his froth-foamy steed. Spenser. 
The compounds of there meaning that, and of here 
meaning this, have been for some time passing out of use, 
and are no longer found in elegant writings, which is to 
be regretted, seeing their great utility and euphony. 
THERF-BREAD, s. [vet. Angl. Boreal, derf-lrode; 
Saepp vel <5eopp, Sax., panis azymus. Lye.] Unleavened 
bread. Obsolete. —The fest of therf-loaves. Wicliffe. 
THERFIELD, a parish of England, in Hertfordshire; 2| 
miles south-west-by-south of Royston. Population 692. 
THE'RIAC, s. [from Gr., various compositions 
esteemed good against poisons.] A remedy against poisons; 
treacle.—When the disease was young, it was mitigated with 
rob of elder; with crabs-eyes; spirits of hartshorn; theriac 
and vinegar. The Student. 
THERIACA [Z-ijouzKa, Gr., treacle'], in Medicine, a name 
given by the ancients to various compositions esteemed good 
against poisons; but afterwards chiefly restrained to what, 
by way of distinction, has been called theriaca Andromachi, 
or Venice treacle: but now altogether out of use. 
This was a compound of no less than sixty-four drugs, 
prepared, pulverized, and reduced, by means of honey, into 
an electuary. The basis or foundation of the composition 
was viper’s flesh. M. Charas has written a particular history- 
of the animals, plants, and minerals, which entered the compo¬ 
sition of this famed remedy. 
THERI'ACAL, adj. [Sr^ia/ca, Gr.; theriaca, Lat.] Me¬ 
dicinal; physical.—The virtuous bezoar is taken from the 
beast that feedeth upon the mountains, where there are the- 
riacal herbs. Bacon. 
THERIOMA [from the Gr. Orppow, to rage], in Surgery, 
a malignant ulcer. 
TIIERMiE [freopai, Gr.], in Architecture, ancient build¬ 
ings, furnished with baths, especially of the hot kind. 
Among the noblest monuments of ancient Rome, are 
reckoned the thermae, or baths of Dioclesian. 
THE'RMAL, adj. [ thermal, Fr., from iynoiMq, Gr. warm.] 
Relating to warm baths, natural or artificial; as thermal 
waters. 
THERMIA, a small island of European Turkey, in the 
Archipelago, belonging to the Cyclades, and situated about 
40 miles north-west of the island of Faros, and 25 south- 
south-east of Cape Colonna, the southern point of Attica. 
Lat. 37.20. N. long. 24. 32. E. 
THERMO'METER, s. [thermometrie, Fr.; S'ep/zo? and 
pteTpov, Gr.] An instrument for measuring the heat of the 
air, or of any matter.—The greatest heat is about two in the 
afternoon, when the sun is past the meridian, as is evident 
from the thermometer , or observations of the weather-glass. 
Brown. 
THERMOME'TRICAL, adj. Relating to the measure of 
heat.—His heat raises the liquor in the thermometrical 
tubes. Chepne. 
THERMOPYLAE, a pass in the north-east of Greece, at 
the base of Mount Oeta, famous for the fate of Leonidas and 
his 300 Spartans. It consists of a narrow passage, between 
high cliffs on one side, and on the other the sea, or an im¬ 
passable marsh, formed by alluvial deposits. It is of great 
length, extending on the whole not less than five miles; but 
the breadth of the passable ground, only 50 or 60 paces in 
the time of the ancient Greeks, is now nearly double, from the 
retiring of the sea and the deposit of farther alluvial soil. 
THERMOPSIS. SeeSopHORA. 
THE'RMOSCOPE, s. [thermoscope, Fr.; eieoy.c; and 
a-Koweu, Gr.] An instrument by which the degrees of heat 
are discovered; a thermometer.—By the trial of the thermo¬ 
scope, fishes have more heat than the element which they 
swim in. Arbuthnot. 
THEROUENEj, 
