thriddet

Third. Chaucer. thriddent, a. Same as threaden. thriddendelet, n. Same as thir den deal. thrielt, a. A Middle English form of three. thriet, thryet, adv. [ME., also threye, threowe, thrien, thrice. To goode mote it torne - of you I mette. Chaucer , Troilus, ii. 89. Petter, I saye thee sickerlye, Or the cocke have crowen thrye Thou shalle forsake my companye. Chester Plays, ii. 25. ( Hall i well .) thriest, adv . A Middle English form of thrice . Chaucer . thrifallow (thri'fal-ō), v. t. [Also thryfallow, tri fallow; "Goode thrift have ye," quod Eleyne the queene. 4. thrill Their slender household fortunes (for the man Had risk'd his little), like the little thrift, Trembled in perilous places o'er a deep. Tennyson, Sea Dreams. Same as thrift - box . - Lavender thrift, a name for species of Statice , especially S. Limonium . - Prickly thrift, a plant of the genus A can tholi mon, of the Plum bagineæ , of which some species, as A. glumaceum , are choice border-plants. - To bid good thriftt, to wish well to; congratulate. Chaucer . Syn. 2. Frugality , etc. See economy . thrift-box (thrift'boks), n. A small box for keeping savings; a money-box. Also called apprentice-box. thriftily (thrift i-li), adv. [ Hee hurd tell of a towne thriftily walled, A citie sett by peece with full siker wardes. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1206. 21. Punctiliously; politely. A yong clerk romynge by hymself they mette, Which that in Latin thriftily hem grette. Chaucer , Franklin's Tale, 1. 446. thriftine (thrift i-nes), n. [ thrifty + -ne .] The character of being thrifty; frugality; good husbandry. Indeed I wonder'd that your wary thriftine , Not wont to drop one penny in a quarter Idly, would part with such a sum so easily. Tomkis (?), Albumazar, iii. 1. thriftle (thrift'les), a. [ thrift + -le .] 1. Having no thrift, frugality, or good management; profuse; extravagant. He shall spend mine honour with his shame, As thriftle sons their scraping fathers' gold. Shak ., Rich. II., v. 3. 69. She had a vocation to hold in check his thriftle pro- E. Eggleston, The Graysons, xxiv. pensities. 21. Producing no gain; unprofitable. What thriftle sighs shall poor Olivia breathe! Shak ., T. N., ii. 2. 40. thriftle ly (thrift'les-li), adv . [ thriftle + -ly2.] In a thriftle manner; extravagantly. thriftle ne (thrift'les-nes), n. The quality or state of being thriftle .