Thrashing - Thrift

Prev Next
[ Webster]

Thrashing (?), a. & n. from , v.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Thrashing floor , Coloq. Threshing-floor , or Coloq. Threshing floor , a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. -- Coloq. Thrashing machine , a machine for separating grain from the straw.
[ Webster]

Thrasonical (?), a. [From Thrso, the name of a braggart soldier in Terence's “Eunuch:” cf. L. Thrasonianus.] Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious. -- Thrasonically, adv.
[ Webster]

Cæsar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.' Shak.
[ Webster]

Thraste (thräst), v. t. [imp. Thraste; p. p. Thrast.] To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
[ Webster]

Thrave (thrāv), n. [OE. þrave, þreve, Icel. þrefi; akin to Dan. trave; cf. Icel. þrīfa to grasp.] 1. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]
[ Webster]

2. The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. “The worst of a thrave.” [Obs.] Landsdowne MS.
[ Webster]

He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale. Bp. Hall.
[ Webster]

Thraw (thr�), n. & v. See . [Scot.] Burns.
[ Webster]

Thread (thrĕd), n. [OE. threed, þred, AS. þrǣd; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. drāt, Icel. þrāðr a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and AS. þrāwan to twist. See , and cf. .] 1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted; also, one fiber of a cord composed of multiple fibers.
[ Webster]

2. A filament of any substance, as of glass, gold or silver; a filamentous part of an object, such as a flower; a component fiber of any or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
[ Webster]

3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See , n., 1.
[ Webster]

4. (Fig.) Something continued in a long course or tenor; a recurrent theme or related sequence of events in a larger story; as the thread of a story, or of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet.
[ Webster]

5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

A neat courtier,
Of a most elegant thread. B. Jonson.
[ Webster]

6. (Computers) A related sequence of instructions or actions within a program that runs at least in part independent of other actions within the program; -- such threads are capable of being executed only in oprating systems permittnig multitasking.
[PJC]

7. (Computers) A sequence of messages posted to an on-line newsgroup or discussion group, dealing with the same topic; -- messages in such a thread typically refer to a previous posting, thus allowing their identification as part of the thread. Some news-reading programs allow a user to follow a single such thread independent of the other postings to that newsgroup.
[PJC]

Coloq. Air thread , the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Coloq. Thread and thrum , the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak. -- Coloq. Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under . -- Coloq. Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under . -- Coloq. Thread lace , lace made of linen thread. -- Coloq. Thread needle , a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.
[ Webster]

Thread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.] 1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
[ Webster]

2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.
[ Webster]

Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus. Mitford.
[ Webster]

They would not thread the gates. Shak.
[ Webster]

3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
[ Webster]

Threadbare (?), a. 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. “A threadbare cope.” Chaucer.
[ Webster]

2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.
[ Webster]

Threadbareness, n. The state of being threadbare.
[ Webster]

Threaden (?), a. Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [Obs.] Shak.
[ Webster]

Threader (?), n. 1. A device for assisting in threading a needle.
[ Webster]

2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
[ Webster]

Threadfin (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
[ Webster]

Threadfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or Caranx crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
[ Webster]

Threadiness (?), n. Quality of being thready.
[ Webster]

threads (thrĕdz), n. pl. Clothes; clothing; as, he was wearing his new threads at the party. [Slang]
[PJC]

Thread-shaped (?), a. Having the form of a thread; filiform.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threadworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thready (?), a. 1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
[ Webster]

2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threap (thrēp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] [AS. þreápian to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.] 1. To call; to name. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

2. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
[ Webster]

3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
[ Webster]

4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threap, v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
[ Webster]

It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threap (?), n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
[ Webster]

He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threat (thrĕt), n. [AS. þreát, akin to āþreótan to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. þrjōta to fail, want, lack, Goth. usþriutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. , , , .] The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
[ Webster]

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threat, v. t. & i. [OE. þreten, AS. þreátian. See , n.] To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.
[ Webster]

Of all his threating reck not a mite. Chaucer.
[ Webster]

Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. Dryden.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threaten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threatened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threatening.] [OE. þretenen. See , v. t.] 1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
[ Webster]

Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. Acts iv. 17.
[ Webster]

2. To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death. Milton.
[ Webster]

The skies look grimly
And threaten present blusters. Shak.
[ Webster]

Syn. -- To menace. -- , . Threaten is Anglo-Saxon, and menace is Latin. As often happens, the former is the more familiar term; the latter is more employed in formal style. We are threatened with a drought; the country is menaced with war.
[ Webster]

By turns put on the suppliant and the lord:
Threatened this moment, and the next implored. Prior.
[ Webster]

Of the sharp ax
Regardless, that o'er his devoted head
Hangs menacing. Somerville.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threaten, v. i. To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
[ Webster]

Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. Shak.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threatener (?), n. One who threatens. Shak.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threatening, a. & n. from , v. -- Threateningly, adv.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threatful (?), a. Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. Spenser. -- Threatfully, adv.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threave (?), n. Same as . [Obs.]
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three (thrē), a. [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þrī, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. drī, Icel. þrīr, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. √301. Cf. 3d , , a., , , , , , , , , .] One more than two; two and one. “I offer thee three things.” 2 Sam. xxiv. 12.
[ Webster]

Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble.
[ Webster]

☞ Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
[ Webster]

2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Rule of three . (Arith.) See under , n.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-coat (?), a. (Arch.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-color, a. Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.
[Webster Suppl.]
[ Webster]

Three-cornered (?), a. 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
[ Webster]

2. (Bot.) Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-decker (?), n. (Naut.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-flowered (?), a. (Bot.) Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threefold (?), a. [OE. þreofald; cf. AS. þrīfeald.] Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
[ Webster]

A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-handed (?), a. Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
[ Webster]

{ Three-leafed (?), Three-leaved (?), } a. (Bot.) (a) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade. (b) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Three-leaved nightshade . See .
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-lobed (?), a. Having three lobes.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-mile, a. Of or pertaining to three miles; as, Coloq. the three-mile limit , or the limit of the marine belt (the Coloq. three-mile belt or Coloq. three-mile zone ) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state.
[Webster Suppl.]
[ Webster]

Three-nerved (?), a. Having three nerves.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Three-nerved leaf (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-parted (?), a. Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Three-parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threepence (?), n. A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny. [Eng.]
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threepenny (?), a. Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-pile (?), n. An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
[ Webster]

I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-piled (?), a. 1. Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. [R.]
[ Webster]

Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece. Shak.
[ Webster]

2. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown. “Three-piled hyperboles.” Shak.
[ Webster]

3. Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. [Obs.] “Three-piled people.” Beau. & Fl.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-ply (?), a. Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-pointed (?), a. (Bot.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-port, a. Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.
[Webster Suppl.]
[ Webster]

Three-quarter (?), a. (Paint.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Three-quarter length , a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-score (?), a. Thrice twenty; sixty.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-sided (?), a. Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-square (?), a. Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-torque system of control. (Aëronautics) Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aëroplane or airship.
[Webster Suppl.]
[ Webster]

Three-valved (?), a. Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Three-way (?), a. Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threne (?), n. [L. threnus, Gr. �. Cf. .] Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. Shak.
[ Webster]

The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah. Jer. Taylor.
[ Webster]

{ Threnetic (?), Threnetical (?), } a. [Gr. �. See .] Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threnode (?), n. A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threnodist (?), n. One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threnody (?), n. [Gr. �; � a dirge + � a song. See , and .] A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threpe (?), v. t. [See .] To call; to term. [Obs.] “Luna silver we threpe.” Chaucer.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threpsology (?), n. [Gr. � nourishment + -logy.] (Med.) The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thresh (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Threshed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threshing.] Same as .
[ Webster]

He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thresher (?), n. Same as .
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thresh-fold (?), n. Threshold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threshold (?), n. [OE. threswold, þreshwold, AS. þrescwald, þerscwald, þerscold, þrescold, fr. þrescan, þerscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. þreskjöde, þröskuldr, Sw. tröskel, Dan. tærskel. See .] 1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
[ Webster]

2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threshwold (?), n. Threshold. [Obs.]
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threste (thrĕst), v. t. [imp. Threste; p. p. Threst.] To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thretteen (thrĕttēn), a. Thirteen. [Obs. or Scot.]
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thretty (thrĕtt�), a. Thirty. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Threw (thrṳ), imp. of .
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thribble (thrĭbb'l), a. Triple; treble; threefold. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq.] Halliwell.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thrice (thrīs), adv. [OE. thries; thrie thrice (AS. þriga, þriwa) + -s, the adverbal suffix. See , and .] 1. Three times. “Thrice in vain.” Spenser.
[ Webster]

Verily I say unto thee. That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Matt. xxvi. 34.
[ Webster]

2. In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.
[ Webster]

Thrice noble lord, let me entreat of you
To pardon me. Shak.
[ Webster]

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. Shak.
[ Webster]

☞ Thrice is often used, generally with an intensive force, to form compounds which are usually of obvious meaning; as, in thrice-blessed, thrice-favored, thrice-hallowed, thrice-happy, thrice-told, and the like.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thricecock (thrīskŏk), n. (Zoöl.) The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thrid (thrĭd), a. Third. [Obs.] Chaucer.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thrid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Thridding.] [A variant of thread.] 1. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.
[ Webster]

Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair. Pope.
[ Webster]

And now he thrids the bramble bush. J. R. Drake.
[ Webster]

I began
To thrid the musky-circled mazes. Tennyson.
[ Webster]

2. To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thrid, n. Thread; continuous line. [Archaic]
[ Webster]

I resume the thrid of my discourse. Dryden.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thrifallow (thrīfăll�), v. t. See , and . [R.] Tusser.
[ Webster]
[ Webster]

Thrift (thrĭft), n. [Icel. þrift. See .] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
[ Webster]

The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser.
[ Webster]

2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. “Your thrift is gone full clean.” Chaucer.
[ Webster]

I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak.
[ Webster]

Prev Next

Concept Explore Home

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z