thurification

[Lat. thus (gen it. thuris ) =frankincense, and facio to make.] The act of censing or fuming with incense; the act of burning incense. "Some semblance of an idolatrous thurification ." - Вр. Hall: Cases of Conscience, disc. 3, case 3. *thür'-i-fy, v . t . & i. [THURIFICATION.] A. Trans.: To perfume with odors as from a thurible; to cense. "Sensed and thurified in the smoake."-Nashe: Lenten Stuffe. B. In trans.: To scatter incense; to cense. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, 2. A receptacle, a sink. "Then cometh idelne e that is the gate of all harms This idelne e is the thurrok of all wicked and vilains though tes." -Chaucer: Parsones Tale. Thūrş-dağ, *Thurs-dei, *Thores-day, *Thors-day, s. [ Thors -day, i. e., the day of Thor, the god of thunder. [THOR.] A. S., thunres - dæg = the day of thunder; thunres (gen it. of thunor )= thunder, and dæg =day; Icel. thórs- dagr , from thors (gen it. of thorr )=Thor, thunder, and dagr =a day; Dut. Donderdag , from donder thunder; Sw. & Dan. Torsdag : Ger. Donnerstag . The Romans similarly called the day dies Jovis the day of Jove or Jupiter, the god corresponding to the Scand in avian Thor; hence, Ital. Giovedi ; Fr. Jeudi .] The fifth day of the week. *thürst (1), s. [THIRST.] thürst (2), s . [Etym. doubtful.] Mining : The ruins of the incumbent strata after the pillars and stalls are wrought out. thus, adv . [A. S. dhus , prob. an instrumental case of dhes =this; cf. O. S. thus this; thius , instrumental case of thesa =this; O. Fris. thus ; Dan. dus .] [THIS.] 1. In this manner. IMG:content-1092.jpg:[blocks in formation] (2) Pointing to something which follows immedi- ately. "Reason thus with life." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , iii. 1. (3) Pointing to something which has preceded, or has been said. "Why hast thou thus dealt with us?"- Luke ii. 48. 2. Pointing to something following as an effect or result; accordingly, consequently, therefore, so. " Thus we are agreed." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , ii. 6. 3. Denoting degree or quality; so; to this extent IMG:content-1093.png:[blocks in formation] thwack, v . t . [A variant from Mid. Eng. thakken =to stroke; A. S. thaccian =to stroke; cogn. with Icel. thjökka to thwack, to thump.] [WHACK.] 1. To strike with something flat, blunt, and heavy; to bang, to thump, to beat, to thrash. "Here's he that was wont to thwack our general."- Shakesp.: Coriolanus , iv. 5. thwarter *2. To slap, to dash. Bp. Hall: Apologie against Brownists. "He thwacks four teene scriptures into the margent."