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A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines. Pope.

A tetrastyle building.

Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.

A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.

A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols. This syncretistic theocracy by no means excludes in him [Solomon] the proper service of idols. J. Murphy.

the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.

An instrument to thrash with; a flail. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

a. & n. from Thrash, v. Thrashing floor, Threshing-floor, or Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. -- Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw.

Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious. -- Thra*son"ic*al*ly, adv. Cæsar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.' Shak.

To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.

To scratch to pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor.

In a trashy manner.

The quality or state of being trashy.

Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.

water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.]

A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.

Tussock grass.