| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| thraw | noun & verb | See Throse. |
| three | adjective | One more than two; two and one., The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects., A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. |
| threw | imp. of Throw., of Throw | |
| thrid | adjective | Third., To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread., To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one’s way through a wood., Thread; continuous line. |
| thro’ | A contraction of Through. | |
| throb | verb i. | To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; — said of the heart, pulse, etc., A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation: |
| throe | noun | Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition., A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow., To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize., To put in agony. |
| throp | noun | A thorp. |
| throw | noun | Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe., Time; while; space of time; moment; trice., To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; — distinguished from to toss, or to bowl., To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames., To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock., To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river., To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist., To cast, as dice; to venture at dice., To put on hastily; to spread carelessly., To divest or strip one’s self of; to put off., To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter’s wheel, as earthen vessels., To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent., To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; — said especially of rabbits., To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; — sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver., To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice., The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast., A stroke; a blow., The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone’s throw., A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw., An effort; a violent sally., The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston., A potter’s wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a)., A turner’s lathe; a throwe., The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; — according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow. |
| thrum | noun | One of the ends of weaver’s threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these., Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope., A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen., A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam., A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn., To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe., To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface., To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum., Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table., To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner., Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table. |