Thir"ty-sec`ond (?), a. Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which
anything is divided.
Thirty-second note (Mus.), the thirty- second part of a whole note; a
demi-semiquaver.
This (s), pron. & a.; pl. These (z). [OE. this, thes, AS. ðs, masc.,
ðeós, fem., ðis, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG.
diser, deser, Icel. þessi; originally from the definite article + a
particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See The, That, and cf. These,
Those.] 1. As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is
present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that
is just about to be mentioned.
When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
Acts ii. 37.
But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what
watch the thief would come, he would have watched.
Matt. xxiv. 43.
2. As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the
pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as
opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under That, 1.
This way and that wavering sails they bend.
Pope.
A body of this or that denomination is produced.
Boyle.
Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow.
Hooker.
Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design
the other, before you arraign him.
Dryden.
Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end.
Addison.
This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years,
persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole.
This twenty years have I been with thee..
Gen. xxxi. 38.
I have not wept this years; but now My mother comes afresh into my
eyes.
Dryden.
This"tle (?), n. [OE. thistil, AS. þistel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG.
distila, distil, Icel. þistill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain
origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially
those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often
also applied to other prickly plants.
Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it was formerly
considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. — Bull
thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large thistle of neglected
pastures. — Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but
introduced into the United States from Canada. — Cotton thistle,
Onopordon Acanthium. — Fuller's thistle, the teasel. — Globe thistle,
Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe, Melon, etc. — Pine thistle,
Atractylis gummifera, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum
resin flows from the involucre. — Scotch thistle, either the cotton
thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; — all used national
emblems of Scotland. — Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus. — Spear thistle.
Same as Bull thistle. — Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See
Centaurea. — Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus
Cereus. See Cereus. — Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus.
Thistle bird (Zoöl.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird (Spinus
tristis); — so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of
thistles. See Illust. under Goldfinch. — Thistle butterfly (Zoöl.), a
handsomely colored American butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva
feeds upon thistles; — called also painted lady. — Thistle cock
(Zoöl.), the corn bunting (Emberiza militaria). [Prov. Eng.] — Thistle
crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four
shillings. — Thistle finch (Zoöl.), the goldfinch; — so called from its
fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] — Thistle funnel, a funnel
having a bulging body and flaring mouth.
This"tly (?), a. 1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.