thigh ( gh silent), theigh, thih, thi, the, thy, thye

[A. S. the oh, theo; cogn. with Dut. dij Icel. thjó =thigh, rump; O. H. Ger. deoh, the oh; M. H. Ger. diech, die.] The thick, fleshy portion of the leg between the knee and the trunk. (Used generally of man.) "Onesimus far'd worse, prepar'd to fly; The fatal fang drove deep within his thigh ." Dryden: Ovid ; Metamorphoses , viii. thigh-bone, s. Anat.: The femur, the largest bone in the skeleton, situated between the os in nomina tum and the tibia. In the erect position of the body it inclines inward, and slightly backward as it descends. At its superior extremity is its neck; its shaft terminates beneath in two condyles, united anteriorly, but separated posteriorly by a deep inter condylar fo a or notch. [TROCHANTER.] "The spade of the gardener has struck upon many skulls and thigh -bones at a short distance beneath the turf and flowers."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xii. *thigh-borne, a. An epithet applied to Bacchus from his having been inclosed in the thigh of Zeus, after the death of his mother, Semele. "The thigh - borne bastard of the thund'ring love." J. Taylor: Bacchus and Apollo . thigh-mouthed crustacea, s. pl. Zool.: The Merostomata (q. v.). *thilk, *thilke, pron . or a. [A. S. thylc , for thýlic , from thỷ , instrumental case of se , seó , thœt [THAT], and lic like (q.v.).] That, that same. "I love thilk la ; alas, why do I love? She deigns not my good will, but doth reprove." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar, Jan.