Thousandth
(Thou"sandth), n. The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.

Thowel
(Thow"el Thowl) n. [See Thole.] (Naut.) (a) A thole pin. (b) A rowlock.

I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels.
Dickens.

Thracian
(Thra"cian) a. Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people.n. A native or inhabitant of Thrace.

Thrack
(Thrack) v. t. To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property. [Obs.] South.

Thrackscat
(Thrack"scat) n. Metal still in the mine. [Obs.]

Thraldom
(Thral"dom) n. [Icel. rældomr. See Thrall, and -dom.] The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude. [Written also thralldom.]

Women are born to thraldom and penance
And to be under man's governance.
Chaucer.

He shall rule, and she in thraldom live.
Dryden.

Thrall
(Thrall) n. [OE. thral, þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS. þr&aemacrl; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run, Goth. þragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.]

1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer.

Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.
Sir W. Scott.

2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson.

He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep.
Chapman.

3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

Thrall
(Thrall), a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser.

The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.
Chaucer.

Thrall
(Thrall), v. t. To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.

Thralldom
(Thrall"dom) n. Thraldom.

Thrall-less
(Thrall"-less), a. (a) Having no thralls. (b) Not enslaved; not subject to bonds.

Thrall-like
(Thrall"-like`) a. Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.

Servile and thrall-like fear.
Milton.

Thranite
(Thra"nite) n. [Gr. from a bench, form, especially the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.] (Gr. Antiq.) One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.

Thrapple
(Thrap"ple) n. [Also thropple, corrupted fr. throttle.] Windpipe; throttle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Thrash
(Thrash Thresh) , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.] [OE. þreschen, þreshen, to beat, AS. þerscan, þrescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. þreskja, Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. þriskan, Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.]


  By PanEris using Melati.

Previous chapter/page Back Home Email this Search Discuss Bookmark Next chapter/page
Copyright: All texts on Bibliomania are © Bibliomania.com Ltd, and may not be reproduced in any form without our written permission.
See our FAQ for more details.