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small river Verden. Quantities of fruit are produced here 
and exported; 13 miles east of Digne. 
THO'RAX, s. [Latin.] The breast; the chest.—Besides 
those remote helpers, the thorax, the muscles, the nerves, &c., 
there are three several kinds of organs that do more immedi¬ 
ately, and yet distinctly and gradually conduce to the pro¬ 
duction of vocal music. Smith. 
THORDA, or Thorenburg, a county of Transylvania, 
in the province belonging lo the Magyars or Hungarians. 
THORDA, or Thorenburg, the capital of the above 
county, is a considerable town, situated near the river 
Aranjos, and divided by a smaller stream, called the Salz- 
bach, into two parts, called Old and New Thorda. The 
Hungarian language is spoken here in great purity; 17 miles 
south-south-east of Clausenburg. Lat. 46. 31. 58. N. long. 
23.48.17. E. 
THORDO (Diaconus or Legifer), descended from an an¬ 
cient family, was provincial judge in North Jutland, and 
flourished in the time of Waldemar III., or about the year 
1350. He was the author of the following work; “ Consti¬ 
tute Voldemari Regis, per Thordonem Legiferum, &c.” 
Ripis, 1504, et Havn. 1508, 4to.; translated into Latin, to¬ 
gether with Waldemar’s Jutland Laws, and afterwards pub¬ 
lished in Ludewig’s “ Reliquiae MSS.” tom. xii. and also in 
German by Eric Krabbe, in “ Westphal’s Monuments.” 
Gen. Biog . 
THORDSEN, (or Theodori Sturla, called also Frocle 
or Poli/histor,) was born in Iceland, about the beginning of 
the 13th century. His father was Thordor Sturleson, bro¬ 
ther to the celebrated Snorro. He is represented to be one of 
the greatest Icelandic poets of his time, as well as an eminent 
lawyer and historian. His talents excited enemies, so that he 
was forcibly carried away from the island in 1263, and con¬ 
veyed to Norway, where he was favourably received by the 
king Magnus Lagebseler, admitted into his council, and ap¬ 
pointed his historian and dapifer, one of the highest offices 
at the Norwegian court. Afterwards, however, he returned 
to Iceland, and having been chief justice of the country for 
many years, died in 1284. His works are “ Landnama Saga," 
or “ Liber Originum Islandiae,” published entire by bishop 
Thordur Thorlaksen, Skalholt. 1688, 4to., and by J. Finnaeus, 
Havn. 1774, 4to.:—A continuation of “Sturlunga Saga,” 
or the history of the Sturla family, and almost the whole of 
Iceland, during his time, which was begun by the learned 
bishop Brand. “ The History of king Haager Haagensen,” 
published at the expence of the crown-prince Frederick :— 
“ The History of king Magnus Lagebaeter,” compiled from 
the public records of the kingdom, the greater part of which 
has been lost. Gen. Biog. 
THORESBY, North, a parish of England, in Lincoln¬ 
shire ; 9 miles north-by-west of Louth. Population 342. 
THORESBY, South, a parish of England, in Lincoln¬ 
shire; 3£ miles west-by-north of Alford. 
THORESTHORPE, a hamlet of England, in Lincoln¬ 
shire; about a mile north-east of Alford. 
THORESWAY, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 
4 miles south-east of Caistor. 
THORGANBY, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 
6 miles east-south-east of Caistor. 
THORGANBY, a township of England, East Riding of 
Yorkshire; 10 miles south-east-by-south of York. 
THORIGNY, a small town in the north-west of France, 
department of La Manche, near the river Vire; 9 miles 
south-east of St. Lo. 
THORLBY, a hamlet of England, West Riding of York¬ 
shire; 2 miles north-west of Skipton. 
THORI.EY, or Thornley, a parish of England, in 
Hertfordshire; 2 miles south-west-by-south of Bishop’s Stort • 
ford. 
TIIORLEY, a parish of England, in the Isle of Wight; 
1 mile east-south-east of Yarmouth. 
TIIORMANBY, a parish of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 4 miles north-west-by-north of Easingwold. 
THORN, a considerable town of West Prussia, in the 
government of Marienwerder, pleasantly situated on the 
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Vistula, about 90 miles from the mouth of the river, over 
which it has a wooden bridge of uncommon length. The 
well-known Copernicus was born at Thorn, in 1472; 92 
miles south of Dantzic, and 113 west north-west of Warsaw. 
Lat. 53. 1. N. long. 23. 48. E. 
THORN, a small town of the Netherlands, in the pro¬ 
vince of Limburg, formerly the seat of a richly endowed 
abbey ; 7 miles south-south-west of Ruremonde. 
THORN, s. \_tkaurns, Goth. Sopn, Sax., doorne, Dutch.] 
A prickly tree of several kinds— Thorns and thistles shall it 
bring forth. Gen. —A prickle growing on the thorn bush.— 
Flowers of all hue, and with thorn the rose. Milton. —Any 
thing troublesome. 
The guilt of empire; all its thorns and cares 
Be only mine. Southern. 
THORNABY, a township of England, North Priding of 
Yorkshire; 4 miles north-east of Yarm. 
THORNAGE, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 21 miles 
south-west of Holt. 
THO'RNAPPLE, s. A plant. Mortimer. 
THO'RNBACK, s. [raia clavata, Lat.] A sea-fish.— 
The thornback, when dried, tastes of sal ammoniac, Ar. 
buthnot.. —See Raia Clavata. 
THORNBOROUGH, a parish of England, in Bucking¬ 
hamshire; 3J miles east of Buckinghamshire. Population 
539. 
THORNBOROUGH, a hamlet of England, in Northum¬ 
berland, near Corbridge. 
THORNBOROUGH, a hamlet of England, North Riding 
of Yorkshire; 2\ miles north-north-east of Thirsk. 
THORNBURY, a market town and borough of England, 
in the county of Gloucester, situated in the vale of Gloucester, 
near the Severn, on a rivulet that runs into it. The situation 
is low, but healthy. The town consists chiefly of three 
streets, disposed in the form of the Roman letter Y. The 
houses are mostly old. The church, dedicated to the Virgin, 
is spacious and handsome. The tower is lofty, and orna¬ 
mented with rich open work battlements, and also with 
pinnacles. Here are, besides, a free school, and four alms¬ 
houses. Thornbury is a borough by prescription, and is 
governed by a mayor and 12 aldermen; but the power of 
these officers is much limited by disuse. Market on Satur¬ 
day, and three annual fairs; 24 miles south-south-west of 
Gloucester, and 121 west of London. 
THORNBURY, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 
5 miles north-east-by-east of Holsworthy. Population 383. 
THORNBURY, a parish of England, in Herefordshire ; 
4 miles north-noith-west of Bromyard. 
THO'RNBUT, s. [ rhombus aculeatus, Lat. A sort of 
sea-fish, Ainsworth ; which he distinguishes from thornback.] 
—A birt or turbot. 
THORNBY, or Thurnby, a parish of England, in 
Northamptonshire; 11| miles north-north-west of North¬ 
ampton. 
THORNCOMBE, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 
8 miles west-by-north of Beaminster. Population 1189. 
THORNCOT, a hamlet of England, in Bedfordshire ; 
3 miles north-west of Bigglesw-ade. 
THORNDON, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 3 miles 
south-by-west of Eye. Population 580. 
THORNDON, a hamlet of England, in Kent; 3 miles 
from Canterbury. 
THORNE, a market town of England, in the West Riding 
of Yorkshire. It is situated about a quarter of a mile from 
the south bank of the river Don, within the district called 
Marshland island, a track encompassed by the rivers Don, 
Aire, Ouse, and another small river which divides it from 
the isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire. These marshes have of 
late years been greatly improved by draining, and the fen 
commons inclosed ; 31 miles south of York, and 166 north 
of London. Lat. 53. 37. N. long. 0. 59. W. 
THORNE FALCON, or Thorne Parva, a parish 
of England, in Somersetshire; 3£ miles east-by-south of 
Taunton. 
THORNE, 
