thrinax

[Greek thrinax =a trident, a three pronged fork. Named from the shape of the leaves.] Bot.: Thatch Palm, a genus of Sabalide. Calyx six-cleft, corolla none; stamens six, nine, or twelve, united at the base; ovary one-celled, with a single, erect ovule; fruit round. Thrinax argentea is the Silver Thatch Palm, the leaves of which are used in Jamaica for thatch. In Panama it is made into brooms. thrin-çi-a, subst. [Gr. thringkos =the topmost course of stones in a wall, the coping.] Named from the seed-crown of the marginal florets.] Bot.: A genus of Scorzonereæ, now reduced to a sub-genus of Leon to don. The pappus of the outer flowers consists of toothed scales, that of the inner is formed of feathery hairs. The buds are droop ing. Common in all temperate regions, and popularly known as dandelion and lion's - tooth . It has lanceolate, almost sinuo-dentate, leaves, somewhat hispid, and single flower scapes of yellow flowers. It grows in gravelly pastures, flowering in July and August. *thring, *thringe, v . t . & i. [A. S. thringan ; Dut. dringen; Ger. dringen .] [THRONG.] A. Trans.: To crowd, to pre , to throng. B. In trans.: To pre , to push. "He gan in thringe forth with lordes old." Chaucer: Troilus and Cre ida , bk. iv. thrips, s . [Lat., from Gr. thrips =a wood-worm.] Entom.: A genus of Physopoda Terebrant i a. Antenne usually nine-jointed; mouth with mandibles, maxillæ, and palpi; wings with few or no nervures, fringed; females with a regular ovipositor. Minute insects, which leap by means of the abdoIn spring they run in numbers about the men. petals of plants, especially those of the dandelion. In summer and autumn they enter houses in considerable numbers, and, creeping over the face in hot weather, produce an irritation. Thrips cereal ium attacks the tender shoots and the ears of corn. thris-sa, thrys-są, s . [ Gr.thri a =afish, from thrix =hair.] Ichthy.: A genus of Clupeide, differing from the anchovies with a dentated belly only in the great prolongation of the maxillaries. Found in the East Indies. thrive (pa. t. * thraf , * throf , throve, pa. par. thriven), v. i. [Icel. thrifa =to clutch, to grasp, to seize; thrifask =to seize for one's self, to succeed, =prosperity; Sweed. trifvas to thrive; trefnad = prosperity; Norwegian triva =to seize; trivast =to thrive.] 1. To prosper in anything desired; to succeed in any way; to be fortunate. "So thrive I in my enterprise." Shakesp.: Richard III ., iv. 4. 2. To be marked or attended with prosperity; to have a prosperous course; to prosper, to succeed, to flourish; to go on or turn out well. "I wish your enterprise may thrive ." --Shakesp .: Julius Cæsar, iii. 1. 3. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate. "Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand; They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain." Milton: P. R. , ii. 430. 4. To grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to flourish. "The arbutus thrives better than even on the sunny shore of Calabria."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. *thrive'-le , a . [Eng. thrive ; -le .] Not thriv. ing; unsucce ful. "They should lie down Content as God has made them, nor go mad In thrivele cares to better what is ill." Browning: Para cels us, v. thriv'-en, pa. par. of v. [THRIVE.)