Thrall, a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall;
bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser.
The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.
Chaucer.
Thrall, v. t. To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.
Thrall"dom (?), n. Thraldom.
Thrall"-less, a. (a) Having no thralls. (b) Not enslaved; not subject
to bonds.
Thrall"-like` (?), a. Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings,
or the like; slavish.
Servile and thrall-like fear.
Milton.
Thra"nite (?), n. [Gr. &?;, from &?; a bench, form, especially the
topmost of the three benches in a trireme.] (Gr. Antiq.) One of the
rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.
Thrap"ple (?), n. [Also thropple, corrupted fr. throttle.] Windpipe;
throttle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
{ Thrash (?), Thresh (?) }, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Thrashing.] [OE. þreschen, þreshen, to beat, AS. þerscan,
þrescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan,
Icel. þreskja, Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. þriskan, Lith. traszketi
to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav.
troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.] 1. To beat out grain from, as
straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to
beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats;
to thrash over the old straw.
The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines.
H. Spencer.