English English Dictionary

A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin.

To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.

To fill to overflow.

A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.

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The twaite.

Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.

Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.

Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

Across; athwart.

A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.

To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.

To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.

To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.

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A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.

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