Thrack Thrack transitive verb To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property. [ Obsolete] South.

Thrackscat Thrack"scat noun Metal still in the mine. [ Obsolete]

Thraldom Thral"dom noun [ Icelandic ...rældōmr . See Thrall , and -dom .] The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude. [ Written also thralldom .]

Women are born to thraldom and penance
And to be under man's governance.

Chaucer.

He shall rule, and she in thraldom live.

Dryden.

Thrall Thrall noun [ Middle English thral , þral , Icelandic þræll , perhaps through Anglo-Saxon þrǣl ; akin to Swedish träl , Danish træl , and probably to Anglo-Saxon þrægian to run, Goth. þragjan , Greek tre`chein ; confer Old High German dregil , drigil , a servant.] 1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer.

Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.

Sir W. Scott.

2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson.

He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep.

Chapman.

3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [ Prov. Eng.]

Thrall Thrall adjective Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.

Chaucer.

Thrall Thrall transitive verb To enslave. [ Obsolete or Poetic] Spenser.

Thrall-less Thrall"-less adjective (a) Having no thralls. (b) Not enslaved; not subject to bonds.

Thrall-like Thrall"-like` adjective Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.

Servile and thrall-like fear.

Milton.

Thralldom Thrall"dom noun Thraldom.

Thranite Thra"nite noun [ Greek ..., from ... a bench, form, especially the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.] (Gr. Antiq.) One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.

Thrapple Thrap"ple noun [ Also thropple , corrupted from throttle .] Windpipe; throttle. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Thrash, Thresh Thrash, Thresh transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Thrashed ; present participle & verbal noun Thrashing .] [ Middle English þreschen , þreshen , to beat, Anglo-Saxon þerscan , þrescan ; akin to Dutch dorschen , OD. derschen , German dreschen , Old High German dreskan , Icelandic þreskja , Swedish tröska , Danish tærske , Goth. þriskan , Lithuanian traszketi to rattle, Russian treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Confer Thresh .] 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.

The wheat was reaped, thrashed , and winnowed by machines.

H. Spencer.

2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

Thrash, Thresh Thrash, Thresh transitive verb 1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.

I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes,
Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times.

Dryden.

Thrashel Thrash"el noun An instrument to thrash with; a flail. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Thrasher, Thresher Thrash"er, Thresh"er noun 1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

2. (Zoology) A large and voracious shark ( Alopias vulpes ), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark , sea ape , sea fox , slasher , swingle-tail , and thrasher shark .

3. (Zoology) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush .

Sage thrasher . (Zoology) See under Sage . -- Thrasher whale (Zoology) , the common killer of the Atlantic.

Thrashing Thrash"ing adjective & noun from Thrash , v.

Thrashing floor , Threshing-floor , or Threshing floor , a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. -- Thrashing machine , a machine for separating grain from the straw.

Thrasonical Thra·son"ic·al adjective [ From Thrso , the name of a braggart soldier in Terence's "Eunuch:" confer Latin Thrasonianus .] Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious. -- Thra*son"ic*al*ly , adverb

Cæsar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.'

Shak.

Thraste Thraste (thräst) transitive verb [ imperfect Thraste ; past participle Thrast .] To thrust. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Thrave Thrave (thrāv) noun [ Middle English þrave , þreve , Icelandic þrefi ; akin to Danish trave ; confer Icelandic þrīfa to grasp.] 1. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [ Prov. Eng.]

2. The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. "The worst of a thrave ." [ Obsolete] Landsdowne MS.

He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale.

Bp. Hall.

Thraw Thraw (thra) noun & v. See Throse . [ Scot.] Burns.

Thread Thread (thrĕd) noun [ Middle English threed , þred , Anglo-Saxon þrǣd ; akin to Dutch draad , German draht wire, thread, Old High German drāt , Icelandic þrāðr a thread, Swedish tråd , Danish traad , and Anglo-Saxon þrāwan to twist. See Throw , and confer Third .] 1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.

3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw , noun , 1.

4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet.

5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [ Obsolete]

A neat courtier,
Of a most elegant thread .

B. Jonson.

Air thread , the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Thread and thrum , the good and bad together. [ Obsolete] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoology) , a lasso cell. See under Lasso . -- Thread herring (Zoology) , the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard . -- Thread lace , lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle , a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle .

Thread Thread transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Threaded ; present participle & verbal noun Threading .] 1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.

Mitford.

They would not thread the gates.

Shak.

3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

Thread-shaped Thread"-shaped` adjective Having the form of a thread; filiform.

Threadbare Thread"bare` adjective 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." Chaucer.

2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.

Threadbareness Thread"bare`ness noun The state of being threadbare.

Threaden Thread"en adjective Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Threader Thread"er noun 1. A device for assisting in threading a needle.

2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.

Threadfin Thread"fin` noun (Zoology) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

Threadfish Thread"fish` noun (Zoology) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A carangoid fish ( Caranx gallus , or C. crinitus ) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.

Threadiness Thread"i·ness noun Quality of being thready.

Threadworm Thread"worm` noun (Zoology) Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.

Thready Thread"y adjective 1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.

Threap Threap (thrēp) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Threaped ; present participle & verbal noun Threaping .] [ Anglo-Saxon þreápian to reprove.] [ Written also threpe , and threip .] 1. To call; to name. [ Obsolete]

2. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.

3. To beat, or thrash. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

4. To cozen, or cheat. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Threap Threap intransitive verb To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

It's not for a man with a woman to threap .

Percy's Reliques.

Threap Threap noun An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done.

Carlyle.

Threat Threat (thrĕt) noun [ Anglo-Saxon þreát , akin to ā þreótan to vex, G. ver driessen , Old High German ir driozan , Icelandic þrjōta to fail, want, lack, Goth. us þriutan to vex, to trouble, Russian trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, Latin trudere to push. Confer Abstruse , Intrude , Obstrude , Protrude .] The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats .

Shak.

Threat Threat transitive verb & i. [ Middle English þreten , Anglo-Saxon þreátian . See Threat , noun ] To threaten. [ Obsolete or Poetic] Shak.

Of all his threating reck not a mite.

Chaucer.

Our dreaded admiral from far they threat .

Dryden.

Threaten Threat"en transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Threatened ; present participle & verbal noun Threatening .] [ Middle English þretenen . See Threat , transitive verb ] 1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.

Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

Acts iv. 17.

2. To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death. Milton.

The skies look grimly
And threaten present blusters.

Shak.

Syn. -- To menace. -- Threaten , Menace . Threaten is Anglo-Saxon, and menace is Latin. As often happens, the former is the more familiar term; the latter is more employed in formal style. We are threatened with a drought; the country is menaced with war.

By turns put on the suppliant and the lord:
Threatened this moment, and the next implored.

Prior.

Of the sharp ax
Regardless, that o'er his devoted head
Hangs menacing .

Somerville.

Threaten Threat"en intransitive verb To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.

Though the seas threaten , they are merciful.

Shak.

Threatener Threat"en·er noun One who threatens. Shak.

Threatening Threat"en·ing adjective & noun from Threaten , v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly , adverb

Threatening letters (Law) , letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.

Threatful Threat"ful adjective Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. Spenser. -- Threat"ful*ly , adverb

Threave Threave noun Same as Thrave . [ Obsolete]

Three Three adjective [ Middle English þre , þreo , þri , Anglo-Saxon þrī , masc., þreó , fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre , Old Saxon thria , threa , Dutch drie , German drei , Old High German drī , Icelandic þrīr , Dan. & Swedish tre , Goth. þreis , Lithuanian trys , Ir., Gael. & W. tri , Russian tri , Latin tres , Greek trei^s , Sanskrit tri . √301. Confer 3d Drilling , Tern , adjective , Third , Thirteen , Thirty , Tierce , Trey , Tri- , Triad , Trinity , Tripod .] One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." 2 Sam. xxiv. 12.

Three solemn aisles approach the shrine.

Keble.

» Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into , composed of , or containing , three parts , portions , organs , or the like; as, three -branched, three -capsuled, three -celled, three -cleft, three -edged, three -foot, three - footed, three -forked, three -grained, three -headed, three -legged, three -mouthed, three -nooked, three -petaled, three -pronged, three -ribbed, three -seeded, three -stringed, three -toed, and the like.

Three Three noun 1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

Rule of three . (Arith.) See under Rule , noun

Three-coat Three"-coat` adjective (Architecture) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

Three-color Three"-col`or adjective Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.

Three-cornered Three"-cor`nered adjective 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

2. (Botany) Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.

Three-decker Three"-deck`er noun (Nautical) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

Three-flowered Three"-flow`ered adjective (Botany) Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

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