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[English thunder, s.; -le .] Unattended by thunder or noise. "Thunderle lightnings striking under sea." Tennyson: To the Queen. *thun-der-ous, * thun-drous, a . [Eng. thun IMG:content-1090.png:[blocks in formation] thunderously 2. Making a great noise like thunder; giving a loud and deep sound; sonorous. "Whirlwinds and thundrous storms his chariot drew." Brome: Paraphrase of Job. 3. Very loud; like thunder. "That berg split in three portions with thun dero us sound."- London Daily Telegraph. *thun-der-oŭs-ly, adv . [ Eng.thunderous ; -ly .] In a thunderous manner; with thunder, or a noise like thunder. "A veritable lion, as large as any at present existing, whose midnight roar to-day rolls thunderously in the jun gle of London Daily Telegraph. thun-der-storm, subst. [Eng. thunder, s., and storm, s.] A storm accompanied with thunder. Thunderstorms are much more common in tropical countries where the heat is greater and the evaporation more rapid than in temperate climes, and various arctic navigators report that they become rare about 70°, and are wholly absent above 75° N. In India they are most frequent during the months of the monsoon. Everywhere they are more common in summer than in winter. As the electricity of salt water is the same as that of the atmosphere, they are le common on the sea than on the land. thun-der-ỹ, *thun-drý, a. [English thunder, subst.; -y.] 1. Having the character of, or resembling thun der. "A cannon's thundry roaring ball." Sylvester: Du Bartas. 4086 Thụ-rin-gì-an, a. & s. [See def.] region of Central Germany, which comprised parts A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Thu ring i a, a of the Pru ian province of Saxony and the Saxon duchies. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Thu ring i a. found; suff. -ite (Min.).] thu-ring-ite, s. [After Thu ring i a, where first Min.: A ma ive mineral stated to consist of an aggregate of minute scales. Hardne 2.5; specific gravity, as obtained by various mineralogists, 3.151-3-197; luster, dull; color, dark pistachio hydrated silicate of alumina, sesquioxide and pro green; fracture, sub-conchoidal. Composition: A half the water be basic), computes from the analyses toxide of iron, with a little magnesia. Dana (if the formula (RO,HO)3 + (Al2O3Fe2O3) 43SiO2 + 4HO. thurl, s. [A. S. thyrel =a hole.] [THRILL.] Mining: 1. A short communication between adits. 2. A long adit in a coal-pit. thurl, v. i. [THURL, 8.] IMG:content-1091.jpg:[blocks in formation] thun-nỹ, s. [TUNNY.] *thurgh, prep . [THROUGH.] *thurgh-fare, s. [Middle Eng. thurgh =through, and fare .] A thoroughfare. "This world nys but a thurghfare ful of woo, And we ben pilgryms, pa yng to and froo." Chaucer: C. Т., 2,849. *thurgh-out, prep . or adv . [THROUGHOUT.] thür-i-ble, subst . [Lat. thuribulum , turibulum , from thus , tus (gen it. thuris , turis )=frankincense, from Gr. thyō -to offer sacrifice, to sacrifice; thyos =a sacrifice, an offering.] Eccles.: A censer, a ve el for burning incense, Thuribles of some kind must be as old as use of incense in the services of the Church; but their present form, according to Martigny, dates only from the twelfth cent ury. The modern thurible consists of a metallic ve el or cup, sometimes of gold or silver, but more commonly of bra or lateen, in which burning charcoal is placed, with a mova a Thurifer, with thurible; b Priest, in cope, incensing the altar. ble perforated cover. Chains are attached, so that the thurible may be waved to and fro for the read ier dispersion of the smoke of the incense, which is thrown on the live charcoal. [THURIFER.] thür-i-fer, s. [Eccles. Latin thuriferarius =a thurifer; from Latin thus (gen it. thuris )=incense, and fero to bear.] Eccles.: The attendant at high ma , solemn vespers, and benediction, who uses the thurible, either by simply waving it to and fro [see cut a under Thurible], or for incensing the clergy, choir, and congregation, and at certain times presents it to the officiating priest that he may incense the altar [see cut bunder Thurible] or the Host. Strictly speaking, the office of thurifer belongs to the acolyte, the highest of the four Minor Orders, but all the functions of the acolyte are now freely performed by laymen. thü-rif-er-ous, a. [THURIFER.] Producing or bearing frankincense.