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Texture (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Textured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Texturing.] To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]
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Textury (?), n. The art or process of weaving; texture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Teyne (?), n. [See .] A thin plate of metal. [Obs.] “A teyne of silver.” Chaucer.
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Th. In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
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{ Thack (?), Thacker (?) }. See , . [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Thai (tī), n. The language of Thailand (Siam); it is a member of the Tai group of languages.
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Thai (tī), a. Of or pertaining to the Thai language, a member of the Tai group of languages.
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2. Of or pertaining to Thailand or its people.
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Thak (?), v. t. To thwack. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Thalamencephalon (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.
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Thalamic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.
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{ Thalamifloral (?), Thalamiflorous (?), } a. [See , and .] (Bot.) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.
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Thalamocœle (?), n. [Thalamic + Gr. koi^los hollow.] (Anat.) The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.
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Thalamophora (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. qalamos chamber + ferein to bear.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Thalamus (?), n.; pl. Thalami (#). [L. thalamus chamber, Gr. qalamos.] 1. (Anat.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.
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2. (Bot.) (a) Same as . (b) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
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Thalassian (?), n. [From Gr. qalassa the sea.] (Zoöl.) Any sea tortoise.
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Thalassic (?), a. [Gr. qalassa the sea.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
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Thalassinian (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Thalassinidæ, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.
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Thalassography (?), n. [Gr. qalassa sea + -graphy.] The study or science of the life of marine organisms. Agassiz.
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thaler (tälẽr), n. [G. See .] A former German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents, around 1900.
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Thalia (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Qaleia, originally, blooming, luxuriant, akin to qallein to be luxuriant.] (Class. Myth.) (a) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy. (b) One of the three Graces. (c) One of the Nereids.
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Thaliacea (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.
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Thalian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
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Thallate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.
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Thallene (?), n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.
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Thallic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.
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Thalline (?), a. (Bot.) Consisting of a thallus.
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Thalline (?), n. [Gr. � a young shoot or branch.] (Chem.) An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
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Thallious (?), a. (Chem.) See .
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Thallium (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � young or green shoot or branch, twig. So called from a characteristic bright green line in its spectrum.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.
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Thallogen (?), n. [Gr. � young shoot or branch, frond + -gen.] (Bot.) One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algæ, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.
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Thalloid (?), a. [Thallus + -oid.] (Bot.) Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.
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Thallophyta (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Bot.) A phylum of plants of very diverse habit and structure, including the algæ, fungi, and lichens. The simpler forms, as many blue-green algæ, yeasts, etc., are unicellular and reproduce vegetatively or by means of asexual spores; in the higher forms the plant body is a thallus, which may be filamentous or may consist of plates of cells; it is commonly undifferentiated into stem, leaves, and roots, and shows no distinct tissue systems; the fronds of many algæ, however, are modified to serve many of the functions of the above-named organs. Both asexual and sexual reproduction, often of a complex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almost exclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent or rudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from the Tallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as the lowermost group in the vegetable kingdom.
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Thallophyte (?), n. [Gr. � young shoot + -phyte.] 1. (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. -- Thallophytic (#), a.
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2. (Bot.) Same as .
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Thallous (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds. [Written also thallious.]
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Thallus (?), n.; pl. Thalli (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � young shoot or branch, frond.] (Bot.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.
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Thalweg (?), n. [G., fr. thal valley + weg way. See ; .] (Physiography) (a) A line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not. (b) The line of continuous maximum descent from any point on a land surface, or that cutting all contours and angles.
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{ Thammuz (?), Tammuz (?), } n. [Heb. thammūz.] 1. A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phœnician Adon, or Adonis. Milton.
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2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.
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Thamnophile (?), n. [Gr. qamnos a bush + filos loving.] (Zoöl.) A bush shrike.
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Thamyn (?), n. (Zoöl.) An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.
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Than (�ăn), conj. [OE. than, thon, then, thanne, thonne, thenne, than, then, AS. ðanne, ðonne, ðænne; akin to D. dan, OHG. danne, G. dann then, denn than, for, Goth. þan then, and to E. the, there, that. See , and cf. .] A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.
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Behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Matt. xii. 42.
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Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom,
Satan except, none higher sat. Milton.
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It's wiser being good than bad;
It's safer being meek than fierce;
It's fitter being sane than mad. R. Browning.
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Than, adv. Then. See . [Obs.] Gower.
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Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages. Chaucer.
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Thana (tänä), n. [Written also tana, tanna.] [Hind. thānā.] A police station. [India] Kipling.
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Thanage (?), n. The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
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Thanatoid (?), a. [Gr. qanatos death + -oid.] Deathlike; resembling death. Dunglison.
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Thanatology (thănȧtŏl�j�), n. [Gr. qanatos + -logy.] A description, or the doctrine, of death. Dunglison.
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thanatopsis (thănȧtŏpsĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. qanatos death + 'opsis view.] A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death. Bryant.
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Thanatopsis (thănȧtŏpsĭs), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. qanatos death + 'opsis view.] The title of a poem by William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), meditating on the subject of death. One of Bryant's best-remembered poems, it was written in 1811 and was discovered and rushed to publication in 1817 (in the North American Review) by Bryant's father, originally without the poet's knowledge. A revised version was published in 1821. In this elegy Bryant reflects that death comes to all men, common and great, and that all eventually shall rest together in the mighty sepulchre of the earth.
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The text of the poem is as follows:

To him who in the love of nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty; and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy that steals away
Their sharpness ere he is aware. When thoughts
Of the last bitter hour come like a blight
Over thy spirit, and sad images
Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall,
And breathless darkness, and the narrow house,
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; --
Go forth, under the open sky, and list
To Nature's teachings, while from all around --
Earth and her waters, and the depths of air --
Comes a still voice. Yet a few days, and thee
The all-beholding sun shall see no more
In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground,
Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears,
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist
Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim
Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again,
And, lost each human trace, surrendering up
Thine individual being, shalt thou go
To mix forever with the elements,
To be a brother to the insensible rock
And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain
Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak
Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold.
Yet not to thine eternal resting-place
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world -- with kings,
The powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good,
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchre. -- The hills
Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, -- the vales
Stretching in pensive quietness between;
The venerable woods -- rivers that move
In majesty, and the complaining brooks
That make the meadows green; and, poured round all,
Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,--
Are but the solemn decorations all
Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun,
The planets, all the infinite host of heaven,
Are shining on the sad abodes of death
Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread
The globe are but a handful to the tribes
That slumber in its bosom. -- Take the wings
Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness,
Or lose thyself in the continuous woods
Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound,
Save his own dashings -- yet the dead are there:
And millions in those solitudes, since first
The flight of years began, have laid them down
In their last sleep -- the dead reign there alone.
So shalt thou rest -- and what if thou withdraw
In silence from the living, and no friend
Take note of thy departure? All that breathe
Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh
When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care
Plod on, and each one as before will chase
His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave
Their mirth and their employments, and shall come
And make their bed with thee. As the long train
Of ages glides away, the sons of men--
The youth in life's fresh spring, and he who goes
In the full strength of years, matron and maid,
The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man--
Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,
By those, who in their turn, shall follow them.
So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

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Thane (thān), n. [OE. thein, þein, AS. þegen, þegn; akin to OHG. degan a follower, warrior, boy, MHG. degen a hero, G. degen hero, soldier, Icel. þegn a thane, a freeman; probably akin to Gr. teknon a child, tiktein to bear, beget, or perhaps to Goth. þius servant, AS. þeów, G. dienen to serve.] A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.
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☞ Among the ancient Scots, thane was a title of honor, which seems gradually to have declined in its significance. Jamieson.
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thanedom (thāndŭm), n. The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage. Sir W. Scott.
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thanehood (thānh�d), n. The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively. J. R. Green.
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thaneship, n. The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.
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thank (thăṉk), n.; pl. thanks (thăṉks). [AS. þanc, þonc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. þökk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. þagks thanks; -- originally, a thought, a thinking. See .] A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural. “This ceremonial thanks.” Massinger.
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If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. Luke vi. 33.
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What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin? Milton.
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Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught. Longfellow.
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Coloq. His thanks , Coloq. Her thanks , etc., of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]
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Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,
Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship. Chaucer.
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-- Coloq. In thank , with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Thank offering , an offering made as an expression of thanks.
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Thank (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thanking.] [AS. þancian. See , n.] To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.
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“Graunt mercy, lord, that thank I you,” quod she. Chaucer.
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I thank thee for thine honest care. Shak.
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Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss,
And thank yourself if aught should fall amiss. Dryden.
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Thankful (?), a. [AS. þancfull.] 1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.]
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Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass
That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well
That washes what it shows. Herbert.
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2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.
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Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Ps. c. 4.
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-- Thankfully, adv. -- Thankfulness, n.
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Thankless, a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
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That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! Shak.
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2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
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To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. Chapman.
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-- Thanklessly (#), adv. -- Thanklessness, n.
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Thankly, adv. Thankfully. [Obs.] Sylvester (Du Bartas).
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Thanksgive (?), v. t. To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] Mede.
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Thanksgiver (?), n. One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow.
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Thanksgiving (?), n. 1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
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Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4.
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In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak.
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And taught by thee the Church prolongs
Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. Keble.
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2. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
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☞ In the United States it is now customary for the President by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor.
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Thankworthiness (?), n. The quality or state of being thankworthy.
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Thankworthy (?), a. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.
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For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19.
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Thar (?), n. (Zoöl.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo. [Written also thaar, and tahr.]
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Thar, v. impersonal, pres. [OE. thar, þarf, AS. þearf, infin. þurfan to need; akin to OHG. durfan, G. dürfen to be allowed, Icel. þurfa to need, Goth. þaúrban.] It needs; need. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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What thar thee reck or care? Chaucer.
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Tharms (?), n. pl. [AS. þearm a gut; akin to D. & G. darm, Icel. þarmr, Sw. & Dan. tarm. √53.] Twisted guts. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ascham.
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Tharos (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent.
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That (?), pron., a., conj., & adv. [AS. ðæt, neuter nom. & acc. sing. of the article (originally a demonstrative pronoun). The nom. masc. sē, and the nom. fem. seó are from a different root. AS. ðæt is akin to D. dat, G. das, OHG. daz, Sw. & Dan. det, Icel. þat (masc. sā, fem. sō), Goth. þata (masc. sa, fem. sō), Gr. � (masc. �, fem. �), Skr. tat (for tad, masc. sas, fem. sā); cf. L. istud that. √184. Cf. , , , , , , .] 1. As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. ), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.
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The early fame of Gratian was equal to that of the most celebrated princes. Gibbon.
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☞ That may refer to an entire sentence or paragraph, and not merely to a word. It usually follows, but sometimes precedes, the sentence referred to.
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That be far from thee, to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked. Gen. xviii. 25.
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And when Moses heard that, he was content. Lev. x. 20.
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I will know your business, Harry, that I will. Shak.
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☞ That is often used in opposition to this, or by way of distinction, and in such cases this, like the Latin hic and French ceci, generally refers to that which is nearer, and that, like Latin ille and French cela, to that which is more remote. When they refer to foreign words or phrases, this generally refers to the latter, and that to the former.
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Two principles in human nature reign;
Self-love, to urge, and Reason, to restrain;
Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call. Pope.
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If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or that. James iv. 16.
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2. As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.
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It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Matt. x. 15.
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The woman was made whole from that hour. Matt. ix. 22.
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☞ That was formerly sometimes used with the force of the article the, especially in the phrases that one, that other, which were subsequently corrupted into th'tone, th'tother (now written t'other).
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Upon a day out riden knightes two . . .
That one of them came home, that other not. Chaucer.
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3. As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural.
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame. Prov. ix. 7.
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A judgment that is equal and impartial must incline to the greater probabilities. Bp. Wilkins.
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