Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THORN'-AP-PLE, n. [thorn and apple.]

A plant of the genus Datura; a popular name of the Datura Stramonium and Datura Patute. Bigelow.

THORN'-BACK, n. [thorn and back.]

A fish of the ray kind, which has prickles on its back. Cyc.

THORN'-BUSH, n.

A shrub that produces thorns.

THORN'-BUT, n.

A fish, a but or turbot. Ainsworth.

THORN'-HEDGE, n. [thorn and hedge.]

A hedge or fence consisting of thorn.

THORN'LESS, a.

Destitute of thorns; as, a thornless shrub or tree. Muhlenberg.

THORN'-SET, a.

Set with thorns.

THORN'Y, a.

1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny diadem or crown. Dryden. Ralegh.
2. Troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing; as thorny care; the thorny path of vice.
3. Sharp; pricking; vexatious; as, thorny points. Shak

THORN'Y-REST-HAR-ROW, n. [THORN'Y REST-HAR-ROW.]

A plant. Cyc

THORN'Y-TRE-FOIL, n.

A plant of the genus Fagonia.

THOR-OUGH, a. [thur'ro; Sax. thurh; G. durch; D. door. In these languages, the word is a preposition; but as a preposition we write it through. See this word. It is evidently from the root of door, which signifies a passage, and the radix of the word signifies to pass.]

1. Literally, passing through or to the end; hence, complete perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thor ough translator; a thorough poet. Dryden
2. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a home. Bacon

THOR-OUGH, n. [thur'ro.]

An inter-furrow between two ridges. Cyc.

THOR-OUGH, prep. [thur'ro.]

1. From side to side, or from e to end.
2. By means of. [Not now used. See Through.]

THOR-OUGH-BASE, n. [thur'ro-base. thorough and base.]

In music, an accompaniment to a continued base by figures. Cyc.

THOR-OUGH-BRED, a. [thur'ro-bred. thorough and bred.]

Completely taught or accomplished.

THOR-OUGH-FARE, n. [thur'ro-fare. thorough and fare.]

1. A passage through; a passage from one street or openin to another; an unobstructed way.
2. Power of passing. Milton.

THOR-OUGH-GO-ING, a.

Going all lengths. Irving.

THOR-OUGH-LY, adv. [thur'roly.]

Fully; entirely; completely; as, a room thoroughly swept; a business thorougly performed. Let the matter be thoroughly sifted every part of the work be thoroughly finished.

THOR-OUGH-NESS, a. [thur'roness.]

Completeness; pe fectness. Stot

THOR-OUGH-PAC-ED, a. [thur'ro-paced. thorough and paced.]

Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; pint all lengths; as, a thorough-paced tory or whig. Swift.

THOR-OUGH-SPED, a. [thur'ro-sped. thorough and sped.]

Fully accomplished; thorough-paced. Swift.

THOR-OUGH-STITCH, adv. [thur'ro-stitch. Thorough and stitch.]

Fully; completely; going the whole length of any business. [Not elegant.] L'Estrange.

THOR-OUGH-WAX, n. [thur'ro-wax. thorough and wax.]

A plant of the genus Bupleurum.

THOR-OUGH-WORT, n. [thur'ro-wort.]

The popular name of a plant, the Eupatorium pctfoliatum, a native of North America. It is medicinal.

THORP, n. [Sax. thorpe; D. dorp; G. dorf; Sw. and Dan. torp; W. trev; Gaelic, Ir. treabh; L. tribus.]

The word in Welsh signifies a dwelling place, a homestead, a hamlet, a town. When applied to a single house, it answers to the Sax. ham, a house, whence hamlet and home. In the Teutonic dialects, it denotes a village. The primary sense is probably a house, a habitation, from fixedness; hence a hamlet, a village, a tribe; as in rude ages the dwelling of the head of a family was soon surrounded by the houses of his children and descendants. In our language, it occurs now only in names of places and persons.