thlipsura

[Gr. thlipsis =pre ure, and our a =the tail.] Zool.: A genus of Cytheride. Three species from the Upper Silurian. *thō, pron. [THIS.] Those, the. *thō, adv . [A. S, dhá.] Then. " Tho wrapping up her wreathed stern around Lept fierce upon his shield." Spenser: F. Q., I. 1. 18. thō', conj. [See def.] An abbreviation of though (q. v.). *thō-an, a. [Modern Latin tho (us); -an.] Of, belonging to, or resembling the section Thous (q. v.). "The Thoan group represents in form the wolf on a reduced scale." -Naturalist's Library , iv. 193. thof, conjunction. [See def.] A provincial form of though, the old guttural being changed to f, as in rough. thole (1), thowl, thowel, *thol, *tol, *tholle, subst. [A. S. thol ; cogn. with Dut. dol ; Icel. thollr =a tree, a thole; Dan. tol =a stopple, a stopper, a thole; Sw. tall =a pine-tree. Probably connected with thill (q. v.).] *1. A cart-pin. ( Palsgrave.) 2. Husband.: The nib, pin, or handle of a scythe snath. 3. Naut .: A pin inserted in the gunwale of a boat to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. They are arranged in pairs, the space between forming one kind of rowlock. Tholes are shown on the gunwales of ancient A yrian boats. "The sound of their oars on the tholes had died in the distance." Long fellow: Evangeline, ii. 2. thole-pin, s. The same as THOLE (3). thole (2), s. [Latin tholus, from Greek tholos =a thist-lý (sta ), a. [Eng. thistl (e); -y.] I. Literally : 1. Overgrown or abounding with thistles. "While the quail clamors for his running mate, Wide o'er the thistly lawn, as swells the breeze." Thomson: Summer , 1,658. 2. Resembling a thistle; prickly. *II. Fig .: Sharp, prickling, pricking. "In such a world, so thorny, and where none Find happine unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side." Cowper: Task, iv. 335. Architecture : 1. The same as THOLUS (q. v.). 2. The scutcheon or knot at the center of a timber-vault. 3. A place in temples where votive offerings were suspended. "Let altars smoke and tholes expect our spoils." Fuimus Troes. thole, *thol-en, *tho-li-en, verb t . & i . [A. S. tholi an to endure, to suffer; cogn. with Icel. thola ; Dan. taale ; Sw. tala ; M. H. Ger. dolen , doln ; O. H. Ger. dolén , tholón ; Goth. thulan ; M.H. German duld ; Ger. geduld =patience. From the same root as Lat. tollo =to raise, tolero =to tolerate.] IMG:content-1032.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1033.jpg:[blocks in formation] "A wel vayr compaynye al so there com Of holy men, that wule tholede martyrdom. Vppe vayre wyte stedes, & in vayre armure also." Robert of Gloucester, p. 407. B. In trans.: To wait. (Scotch.) tho-le-Ite, s. [After Tholei, where found; suff. ite ( Petrol.).] Petrol.: A name given by Stein in ger to a rock which he took for a compound of albite and sphene. A subsequent analysis showed that it was but a dolerite (q. v.).