2. (Zoöl.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.

Thigh bone (Anat.), the femur.

Thilk (?), pron. [Cf. Ilk same.] That same; this; that. [Obs.] "I love

thilk lass." Spenser.

Thou spake right now of thilke traitor death.

Chaucer.

Thill (?), n. [OE. thille, AS. &?;ille a board, plank, beam, thill;

akin to &?;el a plank, D. deel a plank, floor, G. diele, OHG. dili,

dilla, Icel. &?;ilja a plank, planking, a thwart, &?;ili a wainscot,

plank; cf. Skr. tala a level surface. √236. Cf. Fill a thill, Deal a

plank.] 1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a

vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

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