thrutcher

[Etym. doubtful.] Gay. Thuggee has become extinct."-Ripley & Dana: American Cyclop., xv. 730. Thug'-gişm, s. [Eng. thug ; -ism.] The system of a a ination carried on by the Thugs to appease the godde Kali, and to secure eternal happine for themselves. "Out of this fermenting ma of half-crazy ideas rise strange monstrosities and horrible beliefs. Such a one is Thuggism."-Brown: Peoples of the World, iv. 75.