Chapter Thalamocœle to That of T by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.]

Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass
That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well
That washes what it shows.

Herbert.

2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.

Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Ps. c. 4.

— Thank"ful*ly, adv. — Thank"ful*ness, n.

Thankless
(Thank"less), a.

1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.

That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!

Shak.

2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.

To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed.

Chapman.

— Thank"less*ly adv. — Thank"less*ness, n.

Thankly
(Thank"ly), adv. Thankfully. [Obs.] Sylvester

Thanksgive
(Thanks"give) v. t. To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] Mede.

Thanksgiver
(Thanks"giv`er) n. One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow.

Thanksgiving
(Thanks"giv`ing) n.

1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.

1 Tim. iv. 4.

In the thanksgiving before meat.

Shak.

And taught by thee the Church prolongs
Her hymns of high thanksgiving still.

Keble.

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.

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.

Thankworthiness
(Thank"wor`thi*ness) n. The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Thankworthy
(Thank"wor`thy) a. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.

For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

1 Pet. ii. 19.