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THREE POINTS CAPE, on the east coast of America, 
in the bay of Honduras. Lat. 15.56. N. long. 90. 16. W. 
THREE POINTS CAPE, a cape on the north coast of 
South America. Lat. 10. 40. N. long. 62. 56. W. 
THREE POINTS CAPE, a cape on the east coast of 
Patagonia. Lat. 46. 50. S. 
THREE RIVERS, District of, one of the divisions of 
Lower Canada. t 
THREE RIVERS, a town of Lower Canada, situated on 
the north-west side of the river St. Maurice, at its confluence 
with the St. Lawrence. It derives its name from the entrance 
into the former river being separated by two islands lying at 
the mouth, into three channels. Three Rivers ranks as the 
third town in the province ; but compared with either of the 
others, it is small indeed, containing only about 320 houses, 
with a population not much exceeding 2500 souls. It sends 
two members to the provincial parliament. 
THREE RIVERS HARBOUR, a bay on the east coast 
of the island of St. John, in the gulf of St. Lawrence. Lat. 
46. 8. N. long. 62. 10. W. 
THREESCORE, adj. Thrice twenty; sixty.— Three¬ 
score and ten I can remember well. Sha/cspeare. 
THREE SISTERS, three small islands on the west side of 
Chesapeak bay, north of Parker’s island. 
THREE SISTERS, smalt islands in the Eastern seas. 
Lat. 5. 42 N. long. 105. 42. E. 
THREAPLAND, a hamlet of England, in Cumberland ; 
6 miles north-by-east of Cockermouth. 
THRELKELD, a township of England, in Cumberland; 
4 miles east-north-east of Keswick. 
TIIRENE, s. Gr.] Lamentation; complaint. 
Obsolete. 
It made this threne 
To the phenix and the dove. 
As chorus to their tragic scene. Shakspeare. 
THRE’NODY, s. [Srpuji/wSia, Gr.] A song of lamenta¬ 
tion—They carry the body to the grave;—and for seven 
days the next of kin watch, to keep, if possible, the evil 
angel from his grave ; incessantly warbling out elegiac thre¬ 
nodies, as the last expression of love they can shew. Sir T. 
Herbert. 
To THRESH, v. a. [Saeppcan, fteppean, Sax. See To 
Thrash.] To beat corn to free it from the chaff - .--Gideon 
was taken from threshing, as well as Cincinnatus from the 
plough, to command armies. Locke. 
THRE'SHER, f. [Saeppcepe, Sax.] One who threshes 
corn. 
Here too the thresher brandishing his flail, 
Bespeaks a master. Dodsley. 
A fish; the sea-fox.—The flail-finn’d thresher, and steel- 
beak’d swordfish. Donne. 
THRESHFIELD, a township of England, West Riding 
of Yorkshire, situated on the river Wharfe; 9| miles north 
of Skipton. 
THRE'SHINGFLOOR, s. An area on which com is 
beaten. 
The careful ploughman doubting stands. 
Lest on the threshing-floor his sheaves prove chaff. Milton. 
THRESHOLD, s. [Sasppcpalb, Sax.] The ground or 
step under the door; entrance; gate; door. 
Many men, that stumble at the threshold. 
Are well foretold that danger lurks within. Shakspeare. 
THRESTON, East and West, two hamlets of England, 
in Northumberland ; 9 miles from Morpeth. 
THREW, preterite of thro%o. 
A broken rock the force of Pyrrhus threw .» 
Full on his ankle fell the pond’rous stone. 
Burst the strong nerves, and crash’d the solid bone. Pope, 
THREXTON, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 2| miles 
west-by-south of Walton, 
THREZTJAN, a village in Transylvania, on the south¬ 
east point of the county of Sarand, with a considerable gold 
siine. 
Yot. XXIII. No. 1620. 
THRICE, adv. Three times. 
Thrice within this hour 
I saw him down; thrice up again and fighting. Shakspeare. 
A word of amplification. 
Thrice noble lord, let me intreat of you 
To pardon me. Shakspeare. 
To THRID, v. a. [this is corrupted from thread; in 
French enjiler. ] To slide through a narrow passage. 
Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair. 
Some hang upon the pendents of her ear. Pope. 
THRID, s. Thread. 
Sad Clotho held the rocke the whiles the thrid 
By griesly Lachesis was spun with paine. 
That cruell Atropos eftsoones undid. 
With cursed knife cutting the twist in twaine; 
Most wretched men whose dayes depend on thrids so vaine. 
Spenser; 
THRIFT, s. Profit; gain; riches gotten; state of pros¬ 
pering. 
You some permit 
To second ills with ills, each worse than other. 
And make them dreaded to the doer’s thrift. Shakspeare. 
Had I but the means 
To hold a rival place with one of them, 
I have a mind presages me such thrift. 
That I should be fortunate. Shakspeare. 
Parsimony; frugality; good husbandry. 
Thus Heaven, though all-sufficient, shows a thrift 
In his oeeonomv, and bounds his gift. Dryden. 
A plant. 
The marygold above, to adorn the arched bar; 
The double daysie, thrift, the button-batchelor. Drayton. 
THRIFTILY, adv. Frugally; parsimoniously; care¬ 
fully ; with good husbandry.—Preserve it tenderly and 
thriftily; fence it against sun, dust, air, and fire. Bp. 
Taylor. —Cromartie after fourscore went to his country- 
house to live thriftily, and save up money to spend at 
London. Swift. 
THRIFTINESS, s. Frugality; husbandry. 
If any other place you have. 
Which asks small pains but thriftiness to sdve. Spenser. 
THRIFTLESS, adj. Profuse; extravagant. 
He shall spend mine honour with his shame. 
As thriftless sons their scraping father’s gold. Shakspeare. 
THRIFTY, adj. Frugal; sparing; not profuse; not 
lavish. 
Nature never lends 
The smallest scruple of her excellence. 
But like a thrifty goddess she determines 
Herself the glory of a creditor, 
Thanks and use. Shakspeare. 
Well-husbanded. 
I have five hundred crowns, 
The thrifty hire I sav’d under your father. Shakspeare. 
THRIGBY, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 4 miles 
west-by-north of Caister. 
To THRILL, v. a, [Syphan, Sax.; drilla, Swedish.] 
To pierce; to bore; to penetrate; to drill. 
A servant that he bred, thrill'd with remorse. 
Oppos’d against the act; bending his sword 
To his great master. Shakspeare. 
To THRILL, ■o.n. To have the quality of piercing. 
The knight this thrilliant spear again assay’d, 
In his brass-plated body to emboss. Spenser. 
To pierce or wound the ear with a sharp sound. 
The piteous maiden, careful, comfortless. 
Does throw out thrilling shrieks, and shrieking cries. 
Spenser. 
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