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North Riding of Yorkshire; 11 § miles north-north-east of 
York. —7. Thornton in Craven, a township of England, 
West Riding of Yorkshire ; 6 miles west-south-west of Skip- 
ton.—8. Thornton Dale, a parish of England, North 
Riding of Yorkshire; 3 miles east-by-south of Pickering. 
Population 1171. —9. Thornton, East, a township of 
England, in Northumberland; 7 miles west of Morpeth.— 
10. Thornton in Lonsdale, a township of England, 
West Riding of Yorkshire; 12 miles north-west of Settle. 
Population 1152. — 11. Thornton, Mayow, a township of 
England, in Cheshire; 21 miles north-north-east of Great 
Neston. —12. Thornton in the Moor, a township of 
England, North Riding of Yorkshire ; 4| miles north-west- 
by-north of Thirsk.— 13. Thornton in the Moors, a 
township of England, in Cheshire; 51 miles west-south¬ 
west of Frodsham.— 14. Thornton le Moor, a parish of 
England, in Lincolnshire; 6 miles west-south-west of Caistor. 
— 15. Thornton, Rust, a township of England, North 
Riding of Yorkshire; 11 miles west-by-north of Middleham. 
— 1G. Thornton Steward, a parish of England, North 
Riding of Yorkshire; 4 miles east-by-south of Middleham. 
— 17. Thornton in the Street, a township of Eng¬ 
land, North Riding of Yorkshire ; 3 miles north-north-west 
of Thirsk.— 18. Thornton Watlas, a township of Eng¬ 
land, North Riding of Yorkshire; 3 miles south-west of 
Bedale.— 19. Thornton, West, a township of England, in 
Northumberland ; 7 miles west-by-north of Morpeth.—20. 
Thornton, a post township of the United States, in Grafton 
county. New Hampshire; 11 miles north of Plymouth.—21. 
Thornton’s Gap, a post village of the United States, in 
Culpeper county, Virginia. 
THORNV1LLE, a hamlet of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 5 miles south by-east of Boroughbridge. 
THORNWA1TE, a hamlet of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire ; 12 miles west-by-north of Knaresborough. 
THORN WOOD, a hamlet of England, in Essex; 2| miles 
north-norih-east of Epping. 
THO'RNY, adj. Full of thorns; spiny; rough; prickly. 
They on the bleaky top 
Of rugged hills, the thorny bramble crop. Dry den. 
Pricking; vexatious. 
No dislike against the person 
Of our good queen, but the sharp thorny points 
Of my alleged reasons drive this forward. Shakspeare. 
Difficult; perplexing.—By how many thorny and hard 
ways they are come thereunto, by how many civil broils. 
Spenser. 
THOROTON, a village of England, in Nottinghamshire; 
8 miles south-south-westof Newark. 
THO'ROUGH, prepos. [The word through extended 
into two syllables. Dr. Johnson .—Saxon, Supub, as well as 
iiuph, per. See also Through.] By way of making pas¬ 
sage or penetration,—By means of. 
Mark Antony will follow 
Thorough the hazards of this untrod state, 
With all true faith. Shakspeare. 
THO'ROUGH, adj. [The adjective is always written 
thorough, the preposition commonly through .] Complete; 
full ; perfect.—A thorough translator must be a thorough 
poet. Dryden. —Passing through.—Let all three sides be a 
double house, without thorough lights on the sides. Bacon. 
TiiO'ROUGHFARE, s. A passage through; a passage 
without any stop or let. 
Th’ Hyrcanian deserts are as thoroughfares now 
For princes to come view fair Portia. Shakspeare. 
Power of passing. 
Hell, and this world, one realm, one continent 
Of easy thorough fare. Milton. 
THOROUGHLY, adv. Completely ; fully.—Look into 
this business thoroughly. Shakspeare. 
TIIO'ROUGHPACED, adj. Perfect in what is under¬ 
taken ; complete; thoroughsped. Generally in a had sense. 
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-—When it was proposed to repeal the test clause, the ablest 
of those who were reckoned the most staunch and thorough* 
paced Whigs fell off at the first mention of it. Swift. 
THO'ROUGHSPED, adj. Finished in principles; tho¬ 
roughpaced : commonly, finished in ill.—Our thoroughsped 
republ ic of Whigs, which contains the bulk of all hopers, 
pretenders, and professors, are most highly useful to princes. 
Swift. 
THO'ROUGHSTITCH, adj. Completely; fully. A low 
word. —Perseverance alone can carry us thoroughstitch. 
L' Estrange. 
THOROUT, an inland town of the Netherlands, in the 
province of West Flanders; 11 miles south-south-west of 
Bruges, and 12 south-east of Ostend. 
THOROZKO, orTAROCZKO, a small town of Transyl¬ 
vania, in the county of Thorda, the chief place of a mining 
district. 
THORP, s. [See also Dorp.] Thorp, throp, threp, 
trep, trop, are all from the Saxon Sopp, which signifies a 
village. Gibson. —Within a little thorp I stay’d. Fairfax. 
THORPE, a parish of England, in Derbyshire ; 3 miles 
north-west-by-north of Ashborne.—2. A parish of England, 
in Lincolnshire; miles south-east-by-east of Spilsby.—3. 
A parish of England, in Norfolk; 2k miles east-by-south of 
Norwich. Population 452.—4. A parish of England, in 
Norfolk; 91 miles south-west of Great Yarmouth.—5. A 
hamlet of England, East Riding of Yorkshire; 1J mile 
north-by-east of Ilowden.—6. A parish of England, in Not¬ 
tinghamshire; 3 miles south-west of Newark.—7. A parish 
of England, in Surrey; 2 miles north-west-by-north of 
Chertsey. Population 523.—8. A township of England, 
North Riding of Yorkshire; 11 mile north-east of Greta 
Bridge.—9. A township of England, West Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 12 miles from Settle.—10. A parish of England, in 
Suffolk; 51 miles west-by-south of Framlingham.—11. A 
hamlet of England, in Suffolk, near Ipswich.—12. A ham¬ 
let of England, in the parish of Rippon, West Riding of 
Yorkshire. 
THORPE, Abbots, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 
3 miles east-by-north of Scole.— 2. Thorpe Acre, a ham¬ 
let of England, in Leicestershire; 1 mile west-north-west of 
Loughborough.—3. Thorpe Arch, a parish of England, 
East-Riding of Yorkshire; 2f miles south-east-by-east of 
_ Wetherby.—4. Thorpe, Arnold, a parish of England, in 
Leicestershire; If mile east-north-east of Melton Mowbray. 
—5. Thorpe, Aud/ing, a township of England, West- 
Riding of Yorkshire; 4f miles south-south-east of Ponte¬ 
fract,— 6. Thorpe in Balne, a township of England, 
West-Riding of Yorkshire ; 51 miles north-by-east of Don¬ 
caster.— 7. Thorpe, Basset, a parish of England, East- 
Riding of Yorkshire; 51 miles east-by-north of New 
Malton.—8. Thorpe, Bochart, a parish of England, in 
Nottinghamshire ; 10 miles south-by-east of Nottingham.— 
9. Thorpe, Brantingham, a township of England, East- 
Riding of Yorkshire; 3 miles south-south-west of North 
Cave.—10. Thorpe, Bulmer, a township of England, in 
Durham ; 121 miles north-by-east of Stockton-upon-Tees.— 
11. Thorpe, Constantine , a parish of England, in Staf¬ 
fordshire; 4 miles north-east of Tamworth.—12. Thorpe, 
East, a hamlet of England, East-Riding of Yorkshire; 2\ 
miles north-by-east of Market Weighton.—13. Thorpe- 
on-the-IIill, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 
61 miles south - west-by-west of Lincoln.—14. Thorpe- 
on-the-Hill, a township of England, West-Riding of 
Yorkshire; 5 miles north-by-west of Wakefield.—15. 
Thorpe, Little, a parish of England, in Norfolk.—16. 
Thorpe, Malsor, or Malsoveres, a parish of England, 
in Northamptonshire ; 2 miles west-by-north of Ketter¬ 
ing.—17. Thorpe, Mandeville, a parish of England, in 
Northamptonshire; 7 miles north-west-by-north of Brack- 
ley.—18. Thorpe, Market, a parish of England, in Nor¬ 
folk ; 41 miles north-west-by-north of North Walsham.—19. 
Tiiorpe, Morieux, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 4 
miles north-west of Bildeston.—20. Thorpe-under-the- 
Mountain, a township of England, West Riding of York¬ 
shire, 
