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
字典
Thrusting
(n.)
The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the
curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
Thrustle
(n.)
The throstle, or song thrust.
Thryes
(a.)
Thrice.
Thryfallow
(v. t.)
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.
Thud
(n.)
A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by
striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance;
also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a
cannon ball striking the earth.
Thug
(n.)
One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who
practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives.
They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.
Thuggee
(n.)
The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
Thuggery
(n.)
Alt. of Thuggism
Thuggism
(n.)
Thuggee.
Thuja
(n.)
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for
the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike,
closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
Thule
(n.)
The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost
part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway,
according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of
the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest
Thule.
Thulia
(n.)
Oxide of thulium.
Thulium
(n.)
A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and
identity, said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.
Thumb
(n.)
The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing
from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See
Pollex.
Thumb
(v. t.)
To handle awkwardly.
Thumb
(v. t.)
To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers;
as, to thumb over a tune.
Thumb
(v. t.)
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil,
or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as,
to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
Thumb
(v. i.)
To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to
thrum.
Thumbbird
(n.)
The goldcrest.
Thumbed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Thumb