Thurification
(Thu`ri*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. thus incense + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] The act of
fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.
Thuringian
(Thu*rin"gi*an) a. Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. — n.
A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
Thuringite
(Thu*rin"gite) n. [From Thuringia, where it is found.] (Min.) A mineral occurring as an aggregation
of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and
iron.
Thurl
(Thurl) n. [AS. þyrel a hole. &radic53. See Thirl, Thrill.]
1. A hole; an aperture. [Obs.]
2. (Mining) (a) A short communication between adits in a mine. (b) A long adit in a coalpit.
Thurl
(Thurl), v. t. [See Thrill.]
1. To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Thurling
(Thurl"ing), n. (Mining) Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).
Thurrok
(Thur"rok) n. [AS. þurruc a boat.] The hold of a ship; a sink. [Obs.]
Small drops of water that enter through a little crevice into the thurrok and into the bottom of a ship.
Chaucer. Thursday
(Thurs"day) n. [OE. þursdei, þorsday, from the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. þorr Thor,
the god of thunder, is akin to AS. þunor thunder; D. Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. þorsdagr,
Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. &radic52. See Thor, Thunder, and Day.] The fifth day of the week,
following Wednesday and preceding Friday.
Holy Thursday. See under Holy.
Thurst
(Thurst) n. (Coal Mining) The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars
and stalls. Raymond.
Thus
(||Thus) n. [L. thus, better tus, frankincense. See Thurible.] The commoner kind of frankincense,
or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
Thus
(Thus) adv. [OE. thus, AS. ðus; akin to OFries. & OS. thus, D. dus, and E. that; cf. OHG. sus.
See That.]
1. In this or that manner; on this wise.
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Gen. vi. 22.
Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth.
Milton. 2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. Shak.
Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds.
Milton. Thussock
(Thus"sock) n. See Tussock. [Obs.]
