英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Thiotolene
(n.)
A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and
resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene.
Thioxene
(n.)
Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are
dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
Third
(a.)
Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the
ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
Third
(a.)
Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which
anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
Third
(n.)
The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal
parts into which anything is divided.
Third
(n.)
The sixtieth part of a second of time.
Third
(n.)
The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
Third
(n.)
The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which,
by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
Third-borough
(n.)
An under constable.
Third-penny
(n.)
A third part of the profits of fines and penalties
imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed
by the earl.
Thirdings
(n. pl.)
The third part of the corn or grain growing on the
ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within
the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
Thirdly
(adv.)
In the third place.
Thirl
(v. t.)
To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.
Thirlage
(n.)
The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by
contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his
sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
Thirled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Thirl
Thirling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thirl
Thirst
(n.)
A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a
craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other
cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the
pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this
sensation.
Thirst
(n.)
Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or
longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
Thirst
(n.)
To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation
of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
Thirst
(n.)
To have a vehement desire.