3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI.

Thou"sand, a. 1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one

hundred.

2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a

thousand cares." Shak.

Thou"sand*fold` (?), a. Multiplied by a thousand.

Thou"sand legs` (?). (Zoöl.) A millepid, or galleyworm; — called also

thousand-legged worm.

Thou"sandth (?), a. 1. Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine;

coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; — the

ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.

2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which

anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.

3. Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number;

very small; minute; — used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the

thousandth time.

Thou"sandth, n. The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a

thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.

{ Thow"el (?), Thowl (?), } n. [See Thole.] (Naut.) (a) A thole pin.

(b) A rowlock.

I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise

the oars worked in the thowels.

Dickens.

Thra"cian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people. — n. A

native or inhabitant of Thrace.

Thrack (?), v. t. To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property.

[Obs.] South.

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