


Thatch′er Thatch′ing, the act or art of covering with thatch: the materials used for thatching.

straw, &c., used to cover the roofs of buildings and stacks.- ns. to cover, as a roof, with straw, reeds, &c.- n. used to introduce a clause: because: for: in order that. Those) it points out a person or thing: the former or more distant thing: not this but the other: as a rel., who or which.- conj. one of the more important ancient Greek festivals, held at Athens in honour of Apollo in the month of Thargelion (May-June). a genus of umbelliferous plants round the Mediterranean. Thank′-you-ma'am, a ridge or hollow across a road-from the sudden bobbing of the head of a person in a vehicle crossing it. Thank′worthy, worthy of, or deserving, thanks.- n. that in the United States on the last Thursday of November: a form of giving thanks, a grace, that form preceding the last two prayers of morning or evening prayer or of the litany-the General Thanksgiving Thank′worthiness, the state of being thankworthy.- adj. Thank′lessness, the state of being thankless: ingratitude Thank′-off′ering, an offering made to express thanks for mercies received Thanks′giver, one who gives thanks, or acknowledges a favour Thanks′giving, act of giving thanks: a public acknowledgment of divine goodness and mercy: a day set apart for this, esp. Thank′lessly, in a thankless manner: unthankfully.- ns. Thank′less, unthankful: not expressing thanks or favours: not gaining thanks.- adv.
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Thank′ful, full of thanks: grateful.- adv. (usually in pl.) expression of gratitude for favour received, often elliptically=My thanks to you.- adj. Thā′nage, Thane′dom, the jurisdiction or the dignity of a thane Thane′hood, Thane′ship. a member of a class in the old English community that stood distinctly below the old nobility ( eorlas, &c.), but above the mere landowners or ceorls-a kind of nobility of service rather than blood.- ns. Thanatog′raphy, an account of one's death Thanatol′ogy, the scientific consideration of death Thanatophō′bia, a morbid dread of death Thanatop′sis, a view of, or reflection upon, death Thanatō′sis, death of a part, gangrene. when, as, if compared with-a word placed after the comparative of an adjective or adverb between the things compared. Fāte, fär mē, hėr mīne mōte mūte mōōn then.
