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village of Wildenhaus, in the canton of St. Gall, and after 
flowing through the long valley of the Toggenburg, and the 
cantons of Thurgovia and Zurich, falls into the Rhine. 
Though its stream be large, it is not navigable. 
THUR, a small town in the east of Hungary ; 21 miles 
south-east of Szolnok, and 76 east-south-east of Pest. 
THURCASTON, a parish of England, in Leicester; 3 
miles south-by-west of Mount Sorrel. 
THURGARTON, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 5 
miles south-west-by-south of Cromer. 
THURGARTON, a parish of England, in Nottingham¬ 
shire ; 3 miles south-by-west of Southwell. 
THURGOLAND, a township of England, West Riding 
of Yorkshire; 5 miles south-west-by-south of Barnsley. Po¬ 
pulation 652. 
THURGOVIA, or Thurgau, a canton in the north-east 
of Switzerland, adjoining the lake of Constance and the 
course of the river Thur. Its extent is 350 square miles; its 
population 77,000, of whom one-fourth only are Catholics, 
the others Calvinists. 
THURIA, an ancient town of the Morea, in Messenia, 
towards the eastern frontier, the ruins of which are still exten¬ 
sive, covering a hill at the foot of the ridge of Taygetus. 
THU'RIBLE, j. [ turribulum , low Lat.] A censer; 
a pan to burn incense in. Cote el. 
THURPFEROUS, adj. [ tkurifer , Lat.] Bearing frank¬ 
incense. 
THURIFICA'TION, s. [t hurls and facio, Latin.] The 
act of fuming with incense; the act of burning incense. 
The way of thurijication. 
To make fumigation. Skelton. 
THURINGIA, the former name of an extensive track of 
country in the central part of Germany, in Saxony, having 
Franconia on the west, and the country of Meissen on the 
east. 
THURINGIA, Forest of, a hilly and woody track of 
country in the interior of Germany, extending through a 
number of petty principalities, Eisenach, Gotha, Weimar, 
Coburg, &c. 
THURLASTON, a hamlet of England, in Warwickshire; 
1 mile west of Dunchurch. 
THURLBY, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 10 
miles south-west of Lincoln. 
THURLBY, a hamlet in the same county; 2j miles east 
of Alford. 
THURLBY, another parish in the same county; 5 miles 
north-north-west of Market Deeping. 
THURLEBEER, or Thurlbtjry, a parish of England, 
in Somersetshire; 3 miles south-east of Taunton. 
THURLEIGH, or Thurley, a parish of England, in 
Bedfordshire; 6 miles north of Bedford. Population 457. 
THURLES, a large straggling town of Ireland, in the 
county of Tipperary, consisting of one long street, which is 
nearly divided into two equal portions by the river Suir; 
70 miles south-west of Dublin. 
THURLESTON, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 2| 
miles north-north-west of Ipswich. 
THURLESTON, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 
4 miles west-by-south of Kingsbridge. Population 392. 
THURLMERE, a river of England, in Cumberland, 
which runs from a lake of the same name into the Derwent, 
near Keswick. 
THURLOE (John), secretary of state to the Protectorate, 
was born in 1616. He was brought up to the law, and in 
1644-5, by the interest of Oliver St. John, was appointed 
one of the secretaries to the parliamentary commissioners at 
the treaty of Uxbridge. Advancing through other offices, 
he went as secretary to lord chief justice St. John, and Mr. 
Strickland, in their embassy to the States-General. In 1652, 
he rose to the office of secretary to the council of state; and 
when Cromwell, in 1653, assumed the protectorate, he was 
nominated his secretary, on whom he reposed peculiar con¬ 
fidence. In 1655, he was entrusted with the management 
of the post-office; and in 1656, he represented the isle of 
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Ely in parliament. On the death of Cromwell, he signed 
the order for proclaiming Richard, and in the following par¬ 
liament was returned member for the university of Cam¬ 
bridge. He retained his office of secretary under Richard, 
and also under the parliament that deposed him. On the 
restoration, he was accused of high treason and examined, 
but soon set at liberty. He then retired to his seat in Ox¬ 
fordshire, and visited London, at his chambers in Lincoln’s 
Inn, in term-time. Charles II. often invited him to take a 
part in his administration : but he declined if, alleging that 
perhaps he should not be able to serve the king, as he had 
done the protector, in connection with men of different cha¬ 
racters and principles; the protector, as he told his majesty, 
was used “ to seek out men for places, and not places for 
men." The abilities ofThurloe for public life were distin¬ 
guished, and his character in private life no less amiable. 
He died in Lincoln's Inn, where he was master of the bench, 
in 1667-8, and was interred in the chapel. His state papers 
formed a valuable historical collection, and were published 
by Dr. Birch, in 7 vols. fol. 1742. Blog. Brit. Gen. Blog. 
THURLOW, Great and Little, adjoining parishes of 
England, in Suffolk; 7 miles north-west-by-west of Clare. 
THURLOW’S ISLAND, a narrow island in the Pacific 
ocean, near the coast of North America ; about 24 miles in 
length from east to west. Lat. 50. 24. N. long. 233. 35. E. 
THURLOXTON, a parish of England, in Somersetshire; 
5 miles south-south-west of Bridgewater. 
THURLSTONE, a hamlet of England, in Leicester; 6 
miles north-east-by -east of Hinckley. 
THURLSTONE, a township of England, in the West 
Riding of Yorkshire; 9j miles west-by-south of Barnesley. 
Population 1282. 
THURLTON, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 10 miles 
south-west-by-west of Great Yarmouth. 
THURMASTON, North and South, adjoining parishes 
of England, in Leicestershire; 3 miles north-north-east of 
Leicester. Population 842. 
THURNAU.a small town of Germany, in Bavarian Fran¬ 
conia, and the chief place of a lordship consisting of 84 square 
miles, with 13,000 inhabitants. The town has a lyceum 
with three professors, a castle, and 1300 inhabitants; 6 miles 
south-west of Culmbach, and 12 north-west of Bareith. 
THURNBY, a parish of England, in Leicestershire; 4 
miles east-by-south of Leicester. 
THURNE, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 3j miles 
north-by-east of Acle. 
THURNHAM, a township of England, in Lancashire; 5 
miles south-south-west of Lancaster. Population 403. 
THURNING, a parish of England, in Huntingdon and 
Northampton shires; miles south-west-by-west of Stilton. 
THURNING, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 4^ miles 
north-by-west of Reepham. 
THURNSCOE, a parish of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 8 miles east of Barnesley. 
THUROTZ, a palatinate in the north-west of Hungary, 
lying between those of Trentsin and Zolyom. It has a terri¬ 
torial extent of 440 square miles, with 40,000 inhabitants, 
chiefly Slowacs. 
THURROCK, Gray’s, a market town and parish of 
England, in the county of Essex, situated in a small creek of 
the Thames, which is navigable for hoys and vessels of small 
burden. The town consists principally of one irregular street, 
in which is the market-place, and over it the room where the 
petty sessions are held. It contains 213 houses, and 1055 
inhabitants. Market on Thursday, and a fair on the 23d 
May; 22 miles east of London. 
THURROCK, Little, or East, a parish of England, in 
Essex; 1 mile east-by-south of Gray’s Thurrock. 
THURROCK, West, another parish in the above county; 
1 mile west of Gray’s Thurrock. Population 785. 
TIIURSBY, or Thor’s Town, a village of England, in 
Cumberland ; 6J miles south-west of Carlisle. 
THURSC'ROSS, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 14 miles west-by-north of Knaresborough. 
THU'RSDAY, s. [thorsday, Danish; from thor. Thor 
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