Dryden.
Thri"fal`low (?), v. t. See Thryfallow, and Trifallow. [R.] Tusser.
Thrift (?), n. [Icel. þrift. See Thrive.] 1. A thriving state; good
husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.
Spenser.
2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of
worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift is gone full clean."
Chaucer.