Third-borough
(Third"-bor`ough) n. (O. Eng. Law) An under constable. Shak. Johnson.
Thirdings
(Third"ings) n. pl. (Eng. Law) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at
the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
Thirdly
(Third"ly), adv. In the third place. Bacon.
Third-penny
(Third"-pen`ny) n. (A.S. Law) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at
the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
Thirl
(Thirl) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirling.] [See Thrill.] To bore; to drill or
thrill. See Thrill. [Obs. or Prov.]
That with a spear was thirled his breast bone.
Chaucer. Thirlage
(Thirl"age) n. [Cf. Thrall.] (Scots Law) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by
contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his
mill for grinding. Erskine.
Thirst
(Thirst) n. [OE. thirst, þurst, AS. þurst, þyrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti,
Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere
to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become dry, tesai`nein to dry up, Skr. t&rsdotsh to thirst. &radic54. Cf.
Torrid.]
1. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of
drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal
mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with thirst?
Ex. xvii. 3.
With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded.
Chaucer. 2. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; — usually with for, of, or after; as,
the thirst for gold. "Thirst of worldy good." Fairfax. "The thirst I had of knowledge." Milton.
Thirst
(Thirst), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting.] [AS. þyrstan. See Thirst, n.]
1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
The people thirsted there for water.
Ex. xvii. 3. 2. To have a vehement desire.
My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God.
Ps. xlii. 2. Thirst
(Thirst), v. t. To have a thirst for. [R.]
He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood.
Prior. Thirster
(Thirst"er) n. One who thirsts.
Thirstily
(Thirst"i*ly) adv. In a thirsty manner.
Thirstiness
(Thirst"i*ness), n. The state of being thirsty; thirst.
Thirstle
(Thirs"tle) n. The throstle. [Prov. Eng.]
