Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THWACK, n.

A heavy blow with something flat or heavy. Addison.

THWACK, v.t. [Qu. Sax. thaccian, to feel or stroke lightly. It does not well accord with this verb. The word twit the Sax. æthwitan, or othwitan, a compound of æth or oth, to or at, and witan. In like manner, thwack may be formed from our vulgar whack, which is precisely the Eth. ወቅዐ wakea, Ar. wakaa, to strike.]

Po strike with something flat or heavy; to bang; to bestst or thrash.

THWACK'ING, ppr.

Striking with a heavy hlow.

THWAITE, n.

1. A fish, a variety of the shad.
2. A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, tn. closed and converted to tillage. [Local.]

THWART, a. [thwort; D. dwars; Dan. tver, tvert, tvers; Sw. tvärs, tvart; probably a compound of Sax. æth, oth, to and the root of veer, L. verto, versus.]

Transverse; being across something else. Mov'd contrary with thwart obliquities. Milton.

THWART, n.

The seat or bench of a boat on which the rowers sit. Mar. Dict.

THWART, v.i.

To be in opposition. A proposition that shall thwart at all with these internal oracles. [Unusual and improper.] Locke.

THWART, v.t. [thwort.]

1. To cross; to belie or come aerate the direction of something. Swift as a shooting star / In autumn thwarts the night.
2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to contravene; heirs, to frustrate or defeat. We say, to thwart a purpose, design or inclination; or to thwart a person. If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. Slab. Thc proposals of the one never thwarted the iucliaationg al the odher. South.

THWART'ED, pp.

Crossed; opposed; frustrated.

THWART'ER, n.

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

THWART'ING, a.

The act of crossing or frustrating.

THWART'ING, ppr.

Crossing; contravening; defeating.

THWART'ING-LY, adv.

In a cross direction; in opposition.

THWART'NESS, n.

Untowardness perverseness.

THWART'SHIPS, adv.

Across the ship. Mar. Did.

THWITE, v.t. [Sax. thwitan.]

To cut or clip with a knife. [Load.] Chaster.

THWIT'TLE, v.t.

To whittle. [See Whittle.] Chains.

THY, a.

(contracted from thine, or from some other derivative of thou. It is probable that the pronoun was originally thig, thug or thuk, and the adjective thigen. See Thou.] Thy is the adjective of thou, or a pronominal adjective, signifying of thee, or belonging to thee, like tuus in Latin. It is used in the solemn and grave style. These are thy works, parent of good. Maws.

THYINE-WOOD, n. [Thyine wood.]

A precious wood, mentioned Rev. xviii.

THY'ITE, n.

The name of a species of indurated clay, of the morochthus kind, of a smooth regular texture, very heavy, of a shining surface, and of a pale green color. Cyc

THYME, n. [usually pronounced improperly time. Fr. thym; L. thymus; Gr. θυμος.]

A plant of the genus Thymus. The garden thyme is a warts pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasonings and soups.

THY'MUS, n. [Gr. θυμος.]

In anatomy, a glandular body, divided into lobes, situated behind the sternum in the duplicature of the mediastinum. It is largest in the fetus, diminishes after birth, and in adults often entirely disappears. It has no excretory duct, and its use is unknown. In calves it is called sweet-bread; but the term sweet-bread is also applied to the pancreas, a very different organ. Hooper. Wistar. Parr.

THY'MY, a.

Abounding with thyme; fragrant.

THY'ROID, a. [Gr. θυρεος, a shield, and ειδος, form.]

Resembling a shield; applied to one of the cartilages of the larynx, so called from its figure, to a gland situated near that cartilage, and to the arteries and veins of the gland. The thyroid cartilage constitutes the anterior, supenor, and largest part of the larynx. ooper. The thyroid gland is situated on the sides and front of the lower part of the larynx, and the upper part of the Michel. It is copiously supplied with blood, but is not known to furnish any secretion. It is the seat of the bronchocele goiter. Haoper. Purr.

THYRSE, or THYR'SUS, n. [L. thyrsus; Gr. θυρσος.]

In botany, a species of inflorescence; a panicle contracted into an ovate form, or a dense or close panicle, more or less I, of an ovate figure, as in the lilac. Marlyn. Sta. panicle, whose middle branches are longer than those of the base and apex. Lindley.