THORAX, th[=o]'raks, _n._ the part of the body between the neck and belly:
the chest.--_adj._ THORACIC (-ras'-), pertaining to the thorax or breast.
[L.,--Gr.]
THORIUM, th[=o]'ri-um, _n._ a rare metal resembling aluminium, but taking
fire below a red heat, and burning with great brilliancy.--Also
THOR[=I]'NUM.
THORN, thorn, _n._ a sharp, woody spine on the stem of a plant: a spine: a
plant having spines or thorns: anything prickly or troublesome.--_ns._
THORN'-APP'LE, a plant of genus _Datura_: a haw, a thorn-tree; THORN'BACK,
a species of ray or skate which has nail-like crooked spines in its back;
THORN'BILL, a variety of humming-bird with short, straight bill;
THORN'-BUSH, a shrub producing thorns; THORN'-HEDGE, a hedge of
hawthorn.--_adjs._ THORN'LESS, without thorns; THORN'SET, set or beset with
thorns; THORN'Y, full of thorns: prickly: troublesome: harassing (A.S.
_thorniht_).--THORN IN THE FLESH, any cause of constant irritation, from 2
Cor. xii. 7. [A.S. _thorn_; Ice. _thorn_, Ger. _dorn_.]
THOROUGH, thur'[=o], _adj._ passing through or to the end: complete:
entire.--_prep._ (_obs._) through.--_n._ that which goes through, a
passage: the blind and obstinately tyrannical policy of Strafford and Laud
in administering civil and ecclesiastical affairs without regard to
opposite convictions.--_n._ THOR'OUGH-BASS (_mus._), a bass part all
through a piece, with figures placed over the notes to indicate the harmony
to be played to each.--_adj._ THOR'OUGHBRED, thoroughly or completely bred:
bred from a dam and sire of the best blood, as a horse, and having the
qualities supposed to depend thereon.--_n._ an animal, esp. a horse, of
pure blood--of race-horses, one all of whose ancestors for seven
generations (five in America) are recorded in the stud-book.--_n._
THOR'OUGHFARE, a fare or passage for going through: a public way or street:
right of passing through.--_adj._ THOR'OUGHG[=O]'ING, going through or to
the end: going all lengths: complete.--_adv._ THOR'OUGHLY.--_n._
THOR'OUGHNESS.--_adj._ THOR'OUGH-PACED, thoroughly or perfectly paced or
trained: complete. [The longer form of _through_.]
THORP, THORPE, thorp, _n._ a homestead: a hamlet. [A.S. _thorp_; Goth.
_thaurp_, Ger. _dorf_.]
THOSE, _th_[=o]z, _pron._, _pl._ of _that_. [From A.S. _thás_, the old pl.
of _thes_, this. Cf. _This_. Doublet _these_.]
THOTH, thoth, _n._ the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom, and the inventor of
art, science, letters, &c., ibis-headed, with a tau-cross in his hand.
THOU, thow, _pron._ of the second person sing., the person addressed (now
generally used only in solemn address). [A.S. _ðú_; cog. with Goth. _thu_,
Gr. _tu_, L. _tu_, Sans. _tva-m_.]
THOUGH, _th_[=o], _conj._ admitting: allowing: even if notwithstanding.
[Lit. 'on that' (condition), A.S. _ðeáh_, _ðéh_; cog. with Goth. _thau-h_,
Ice. _thó_, Ger. _doch_; from the stem of _the_.]
THOUGHT, thawt, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _think_. [A.S. _þoht_--_þencan_, to
think.]
THOUGHT, thawt, _n._ the act of thinking: reasoning: deliberation: that
which one thinks: idea: fancy: consideration: opinion: meditation: design:
care.--_adjs._ THOUGHT'ED, having thoughts; THOUGHT'FUL, full of thought:
employed in meditation: attentive: considerate: promoting serious thought:
favourable to meditation.--_adv._ THOUGHT'FULLY.--_n._
THOUGHT'FULNESS.--_adj._ THOUGHT'LESS, without thought or care: careless:
inattentive: stupid: dull.--_adv._ THOUGHT'LESSLY.--_ns._ THOUGHT'LESSNESS;
THOUGHT'-READ'ER; THOUGHT'-READ'ING, the dubious act or art of discerning
what is passing in another's mind by some direct and unexplained method,
depending neither on gesture, facial expression, nor any articulate or
other voluntary indication.--_adj._ THOUGHT'-SICK (_Shak._), uneasy with
reflection.--_n._ THOUGHT'-TRANS'FERENCE, telepathy.--_adj._
THOUGHT'-TRANSFEREN'TIAL, telepathic.--_n._ THOUGHT'-WAVE, a supposed
undulatory movement of a hypothetical medium by which the phenomena of
thought-transference are explained.--TAKE THOUGHT (_Shak._), to give way to
grief. [A.S. _ge-thóht_; Ice. _thóttr_, Ger. _bedacht_. Cf. _Think_.]
THOUS, _th_owz (_Spens._), Thou art.
THOUS, th[=o]'us, _n._ a genus of canines, the African jackals, [L.
_thos_--Gr. _th[=o]s_, a wild dog.]
THOUSAND, thow'zand, _adj._ denoting ten hundred: proverbially, denoting
any great number.--_n._ the number ten hundred: any large number.--_adj._
THOU'SANDFOLD, folded a thousand times: multiplied by a thousand.--_n._
THOU'SAND-LEGS, any one of the Myriapoda.--_adj._ THOU'SANDTH, the last of
a thousand or of any great number.--_n._ one of a thousand or of any great
number.--ONE IN [OF] A THOUSAND, anything exceedingly rare, implying a high
degree of rarity or excellence. [A.S. _thúsend_; Ger. _tausend_, Goth.
_thúsundi_.]
THOWEL, THOWL. See THOLE (1).