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Thing (thĭng), n. [AS. þing a thing, cause, assembly, judicial assembly; akin to þingan to negotiate, þingian to reconcile, conciliate, D. ding a thing, OS. thing thing, assembly, judicial assembly, G. ding a thing, formerly also, an assembly, court, Icel. þing a thing, assembly, court, Sw. & Dan. ting; perhaps originally used of the transaction of or before a popular assembly, or the time appointed for such an assembly; cf. G. dingen to bargain, hire, MHG. dingen to hold court, speak before a court, negotiate, Goth. þeihs time, perhaps akin to L. tempus time. Cf. , and of time.] 1. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
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God made . . . every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind. Gen. i. 25.
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He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt. Gen. xiv. 23.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Keats.
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2. An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
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Ye meads and groves, unconscious things! Cowper.
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3. A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
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[And Jacob said] All these things are against me. Gen. xlii. 36.
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Which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. Matt. xxi. 24.
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4. A portion or part; something.
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Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom. Tillotson.
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5. A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
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See, sons, what things you are! Shak.
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The poor thing sighed, and . . . turned from me. Addison.
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I'll be this abject thing no more. Granville.
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I have a thing in prose. Swift.
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6. pl. Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things. [Colloq.]
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☞ Formerly, the singular was sometimes used in a plural or collective sense.
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And them she gave her moebles and her thing. Chaucer.
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☞ Thing was used in a very general sense in Old English, and is still heard colloquially where some more definite term would be used in careful composition.
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In the garden [he] walketh to and fro,
And hath his things [i. e., prayers, devotions] said full courteously. Chaucer.
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Hearkening his minstrels their things play. Chaucer.
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7. (Law) Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.
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8. [In this sense pronounced tĭng.] In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly. Longfellow.
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Coloq. Things personal . (Law) Same as Personal property, under . -- Coloq. Things real . Same as Real property, under .
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{ Thing, Ting } (?), n. [Dan. thing, ting, Norw. ting, or Sw. ting.] In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See , Norway.
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Think (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thought (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thinking.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS. þyncean (cf. ), but confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. þencean (imp. þōhte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, dünken, Icel. þekkja to perceive, to know, þykkja to seem, Goth. þagkjan, þaggkjan, to think, þygkjan to think, to seem, OL. tongere to know. Cf. , .] 1. To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
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☞ These are genuine Anglo-Saxon expressions, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions me is in the dative case.
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2. To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
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For that I am
I know, because I think. Dryden.
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3. Specifically: -- (a) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
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Well thought upon; I have it here. Shak.
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(b) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
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And when he thought thereon, he wept. Mark xiv. 72.
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He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? Luke xii. 17.
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(c) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
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Let them marry to whom they think best. Num. xxxvi. 6.
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(d) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
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I thought to promote thee unto great honor. Num. xxiv. 11.
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Thou thought'st to help me. Shak.
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(e) To presume; to venture.
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Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. Matt. iii. 9.
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☞ To think, in a philosophical use as yet somewhat limited, designates the higher intellectual acts, the acts preëminently rational; to judge; to compare; to reason. Thinking is employed by Hamilton as “comprehending all our collective energies.” It is defined by Mansel as “the act of knowing or judging by means of concepts,”by Lotze as “the reaction of the mind on the material supplied by external influences.” See .
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Coloq. To think better of . See under . -- Coloq. To think much of , or Coloq. To think well of , to hold in esteem; to esteem highly.
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Syn. -- To expect; guess; cogitate; reflect; ponder; contemplate; meditate; muse; imagine; suppose; believe. See , .
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Think, v. t. 1. To conceive; to imagine.
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Charity . . . thinketh no evil. 1 Cor. xiii. 4,5.
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2. To plan or design; to plot; to compass. [Obs.]
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So little womanhood
And natural goodness, as to think the death
Of her own son. Beau. & Fl.
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3. To believe; to consider; to esteem.
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Nor think superfluous other's aid. Milton.
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Coloq. To think much , to esteem a great matter; to grudge. [Obs.] “[He] thought not much to clothe his enemies.” Milton. -- Coloq. To think scorn . (a) To disdain. [Obs.] “He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6. (b) To feel indignation. [Obs.]
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Think, n. Act of thinking; a thought. “If you think that I'm finished, you've got another think coming!” [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Thinkable (?), a. Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Thinker (?), n. One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.
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Thinking, a. Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Thinkingly, adv.
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Thinking, n. The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
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I heard a bird so sing,
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king. Shak.
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Thinly (?), a. In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
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Thinner (?), n. One who thins, or makes thinner.
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Thinness, n. The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
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Thinnish (?), a. Somewhat thin.
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Thinolite (?), n. [Gr. �, �, shore + -lite.] (Min.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
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Thin-skinned (?), a. Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
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Thio- (?). [Gr. � brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. See .
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Thiocarbonate (?), n. (Chem.) A sulphocarbonate.
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Thiocarbonic (?), a. [Thio- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Same as .
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Thiocyanate (?), n. (Chem.) Same as .
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Thiocyanic (?), a. [Thio- + cyanic.] (Chem.) Same as .
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Thionaphthene (?), n. [Thiophene + naphthalene.] (Chem.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives. [Written also thionaphtene.]
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Thionic (?), a. [Gr. � brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. Cf. , , , etc.
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Thionine (?), n. [Gr. � brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; -- called also phenylene violet.
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Thionol (?), n. [Thionine + -ol.] (Chem.) A red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. It is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.
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Thionoline (?), n. (Chem.) A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.
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Thionyl (?), n. [Thionic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.
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Thiophene (?), n. [Thio- + phenyl + -ene.] (Chem.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.
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Thiophenic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.
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Thiophenol (?), n. [Thio- + phenol.] (Chem.) A colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate.
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Thiophthene (?), n. [Abbreviated from thionaphthene.] (Chem.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds. [Written also thiophtene.]
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Thiosulphate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
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☞ The sodium salt called in photography by the name sodium hyposulphite, being used as a solvent for the excess of unchanged silver chloride, bromide, and iodide on the sensitive plate.
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Thiosulphuric (?), a. [Thio- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.
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Thiotolene (?), n. [Thio- + toluene.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene.
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Thioxene (?), n. [Thiophene + xylene.] (Chem.) Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
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Third (thẽrd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. þridda, fr. þrī, þreó, three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. þriði, Goth. þridja, L. tertius, Gr. tritos, Skr. tṛtīya. See , and cf. a jurisdiction, .] 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. “The third night.” Chaucer.
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2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
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Coloq. Third estate . (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See . Coloq. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See , n., 1. -- Coloq. Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See , n., 7. -- Coloq. Third sound . (Mus.) See , n., 3.
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Third (?), n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
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2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
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3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
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4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
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Coloq. Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones. -- Coloq. Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.
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Third-borough (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) An under constable. Shak. Johnson.
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Thirdings (?), n. pl. (Eng. Law) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
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Thirdly, adv. In the third place. Bacon.
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Third-penny (?), n. (A.S. Law) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
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Third rail. (Electric Railways) (a) The third rail used in the third-rail system. (b) An electric railway using such a rail. [Colloq.]
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Third-rail system. (Electric Railways) A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the ground and the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or other devices.
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Thirl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thirling.] [See .] To bore; to drill or thrill. See . [Obs. or Prov.]
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That with a spear was thirled his breast bone. Chaucer.
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Thirlage (?), n. [Cf. .] (Scots Law) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine.
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Thirst (thẽrst), n. [OE. thirst, þurst, AS. þurst, þyrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. tersesqai to become dry, tesainein to dry up, Skr. tṛsh to thirst. √54. Cf. .] 1. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
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Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with thirst? Ex. xvii. 3.
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With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded. Chaucer.
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2. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. “Thirst of worldy good.” Fairfax. “The thirst I had of knowledge.” Milton.
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Thirst, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting.] [AS. þyrstan. See , n.] 1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
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The people thirsted there for water. Ex. xvii. 3.
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2. To have a vehement desire.
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My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. Ps. xlii. 2.
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Thirst, v. t. To have a thirst for. [R.]
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He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Prior.
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Thirster (?), n. One who thirsts.
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Thirstily (?), adv. In a thirsty manner.
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Thirstiness, n. The state of being thirsty; thirst.
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Thirstle (?), n. The throstle. [Prov. Eng.]
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Thirsty (?), a. [Compar. Thirstier (?); superl. Thirstiest.] [AS. �urstig. See , n.] 1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
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Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. Judges iv. 19.
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2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
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A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Ps. lxiii. 1.
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When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant. Addison.
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Thirteen (thẽrtēn), a. [OE. threttene, AS. þreótēne, þreótyne. See , and , and cf. .] One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.
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Thirteen, n. 1. The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
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Thirteenth (thẽrtēnth), a. [From : cf. AS. þreóteóða.] 1. Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month.
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2. Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Thirteenth, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
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2. The next in order after the twelfth.
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3. (Mus.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
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Thirtieth (?), a. [From : cf. AS. þrītigōða.] 1. Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.
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2. Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Thirtieth, n. The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.
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Thirty (?), a. [OE. thritty, AS. þrītig, þrittig; akin to D. dertig, G. dreissig, Icel. þrjātīu, þrjātigi, þrir teger, Goth. þreis tigjus, i.e., three tens. See , and Ten, and cf. .] Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days.
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