English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Thaumaturgy (n.)

The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.

Thave (n.)

Same as Theave.

Thaw (v. i.)

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

Thaw (v. i.)

To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

Thaw (v. i.)

Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.

Thaw (v. t.)

To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

Thaw (n.)

The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.

Thawed (imp. & p. p.)

of Thaw

Thawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Thaw

Thawy (a.)

Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.

The (v. i.)

See Thee.

The (definite article.)

A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

The (adv.)

By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

The gapes

A fit of yawning.

The gapes

A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.

Thea (n.)

A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

Theandric (a.)

Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.

Theanthropic (a.)

Alt. of Theanthropical

Theanthropical (a.)

Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.

Theanthropism (n.)

A state of being God and man.