THRAPPLE, thrap'l, _n._ (_Scot._) the windpipe.--Also THROPP'LE.
[_Throttle_.]
THRASH, thrash, _v.t._ to heat out grain from the straw, to beat
soundly--also THRESH.--_ns._ THRASH'ER, THRESH'ER; THRASH'ING, THRESH'ING,
the act of beating out grain from the straw: a sound beating or drubbing;
THRASH'ING-FLOOR, THRESH'ING-FLOOR, a floor on which grain is thrashed;
THRASH'ING-MACHINE', -MILL, a machine or apparatus for thrashing corn.
[A.S. _therscan_; cog. with Ger. _dreschen_.]
THRASH, thrash, _n._ (_Scot._) a rush.--Also THRESH.
THRASHER, thrash'[.e]r, _n._ an American throstle or thrush, the brown
thrush or sandy mocking-bird.--Also THRESH'ER.
THRASONICAL, thr[=a]-son'ik-al, _adj._ resembling _Thraso_, a boastful
soldier in Terence's _Eunuchus_: boastful, bragging.--_adv._
THRASON'ICALLY.
THRATCH, thrach, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to gasp for breath.--_n._ laboured
breathing.
THRAVE, thr[=a]v, _n._ twenty-four sheaves of grain set up in two _stooks_
of twelve sheaves each: the number of two dozen, a good number.--Also
THREAVE (thr[=e]v). [Scand., Ice. _þrefi_--_þrífa_, to grasp.]
THRAW, thraw, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to twist, wrench.--_v.i._ to writhe, to
wriggle: to be perverse.--_adjs._ THRÄ'WARD, THRÄ'WART, obstinate; THRAWN,
twisted: perverse.--HEADS AND THRAWS, lying beside each other, the head of
the one by the feet of the other; IN THE DEAD THRAW, in the agony of death.
[_Throw_.]
THREAD, thred, _n._ a very thin line of any substance twisted and drawn
out: a filament of any fibrous substance: a fine line of yarn: anything
resembling a thread: the prominent spiral part of a screw: something
continued in long course: the uniform tenor of a discourse.--_v.t._ to pass
a thread through the eye of (as a needle): to pass or pierce through, as a
narrow way: to furnish with a thread.--_adj._ THREAD'BARE, worn to the bare
thread: having the nap worn off: hackneyed: used till its novelty or
interest is gone.--_n._ THREAD'BARENESS.--_adj._ THREAD'EN (_Shak._), made
of thread.--_ns._ THREAD'ER; THREAD'INESS, the state of being thread-like
or slender: the quality of containing threads; THREAD'-LACE, lace made of
linen thread; THREAD'-P[=A]'PER, a piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up
a skein of thread.--_n.pl._ THREAD'-WORMS, a popular name for Nematoda, a
class of more or less thread-like worms, many parasitic, others
free-living.--_adj._ THREAD'Y, like thread: slender: containing, or
consisting of, thread.--THREAD AND THRUM, all, the good and bad together;
THREAD OF LIFE, the thread imagined to be spun and cut by the Fates.--LISLE
THREAD, a fine hard-twisted linen thread originally made at _Lille_ in
France. [A.S. _thr['æ]d_--_thráwan_, to wind, to twist; Ger. _drehen_.]
THREAP, THREEP, thr[=e]p, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to maintain persistently: to
contradict: to urge, to press eagerly.--_v.i._ to dispute.--_n._ stubborn
insistence: contradiction: a freet. [A.S. _threápian_, to rebuke.]
THREAT, thret, _n._ declaration of an intention to inflict punishment or
other evil upon another: menace.--_v.t._ THREAT'EN, to declare the
intention of inflicting punishment or other evil upon another: to terrify
by menaces: to present the appearance of coming evil or of something
unpleasant.--_n._ THREAT'ENER.--_adj._ THREAT'ENING, indicating a threat or
menace: indicating something approaching or impending.--_adv._
THREAT'ENINGLY.--_adj._ THREAT'FUL (_Spens._), full of threats, having a
menacing appearance. [A.S. _þreát_--_þreótan_, to afflict; cog. with Ger.
_verdriessen_, Goth. _thriutan_, to vex.]
THREE, thr[=e], _adj._ and _n._ two and one.--_adj._ THREE'-COR'NERED,
having three corners or angles: (_bot._) having three prominent
longitudinal angles, as a stem.--_n._ THREE'-DECK'ER, ship of war carrying
guns on three decks: an old-fashioned pulpit.--_adjs._ THREE'FOLD, folded
thrice: thrice repeated: consisting of three; THREE'-FOOT, measuring three
feet, or having three feet; THREE'-LEAFED, -LEAVED (_bot._), having three
distinct leaflets: having the leaves arranged in threes; THREE'-LOBED
(_bot._), having three lobes; THREE'-MAN (_Shak._), worked by three
men.--_n._ THREE'-MAS'TER, a ship with three masts.--_adjs._ THREE'-NERVED,
having three nerves: (_bot._) having three distinct nerves running
longitudinally without branching, as a leaf; THREE'-NOOKED (_Shak._),
three-cornered; THREE'-PART'ED, consisting of three parts: (_bot._) divided
into three parts down to the base, as a leaf.--_n._ THREEPENCE
(thr[=e]'pens, _coll._ thrip'ens), three pennies: a silver coin of the
value of threepence.--_adj._ THREE'PENNY, worth threepence: of little
worth: mean, vulgar.--_ns._ THREE'-PER-CENTS., bonds or other securities
paying three per cent. interest, esp. a portion of the consolidated debt of
Great Britain; THREE'-PILE (_Shak._), the finest kind of velvet.--_adjs._
THREE'-PILED, set with a thick pile, as velvet: (_Shak._) of the best
quality: (_Shak._) piled one on another; THREE'PLY, having three plies or
folds; THREE'SCORE, three times a score, sixty (also _n._); THREE'-SID'ED,
having three sides; THREE'SOME, triple; THREE'-SUIT'ED, having but three
suits of clothes; THREE'-VALVED, consisting of, or opening with, three
valves.--THREE F'S, free sale, fixity of tenure, fair rent--the three
demands of the Irish Land League; THREE R'S (see R); THREE TIMES THREE,
three cheers thrice repeated. [A.S. _þreó_, _þrý_, _þír_; Ice. _þrír_,
Gael. _tri_, Goth. _threis_, Ger. _drei_, L. _tres_, Gr. _treis_, Sans.
_tri_.]
THREMMATOLOGY, threm-a-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of breeding or
propagating animals and plants under domestication. [Gr.
_thremma_--_trephein_, to nurse, _logia_--_legein_, to say.]
THRENODY, thren'[=o]-di, _n._ an ode or song of lamentation.--_n._ THRENE,
a lament, lamentation.--_adjs._ THRENET'IC, -AL; THREN[=O]'DIAL,
THRENOD'IC.--_n._ THREN'ODIST, a writer of threnodies. [Gr.
_thr[=e]n[=o]dia_--_thr[=e]nos_, a lament, _[=o]d[=e]_, a song.]
THREPSOLOGY, threp-sol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of the nutrition of living
organisms, or a treatise thereon. [Gr. _threpsis_--_trephein_, to nourish,
_logia_--_legein_, to say.]
THRESH, thresh (see THRASH).--_ns._ THRESH'EL, a flail; THRESH'ER, the
fox-shark; THRESH'ER-WHALE, the grampus.
THRESHOLD, thresh'[=o]ld, _n._ a piece of wood or stone under the door of a
house: door: entrance: the place or point of entering. [M. E.
_threshwold_--A.S. _therscwald_--_therscan_, to thresh, _wald_, wood.]