thaumaturgus

[Gr. thaumatourgos, from thauma a wonder, and ergon =work.] A miracle worker; a title given by Roman Catholics to some occupation is to thatch houses. "An honest thatcher will know how to hand his straw no cles; as, Gregory Thaumaturgus (212-270). St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) is called the Thau C. As substantive: 1. The act or art of covering with thatch. 2. The materials, as straw, reeds, ., used for 'thatching; thatch. thatching-fork, thatching-spale, subst . An implement with a forked blade and a cro handle at one end for thrusting home the tufts of straw in thatching. The blade is usually formed of ashwood, but sometimes of thin iron. *that-ne , s. [Eng. that ; -ne .] The state or condition of being that rather than this. [THISNESS.] *thatte, pron ., conjunct ., . [THAT.] thâught ( gh silent), s. [A corrupt. of thwart .] A bench in a boat on which the rowers sit.