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A discourse on, or an account of, heat. Whewell.

A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.

To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. [R.]

Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet.

Thread; continuous line. [Archaic] I resume the thrid of my discourse. Dryden.

A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides. J. S. Mill.

g to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. -- Tire"some*ly, adv. -- Tire"some*ness, n.

Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together. L. Estrange.

The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.

A woman who torments. Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland.

To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon. If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they immediately quitted it. Addison.

The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. The church clergy at that writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. Swift. Tracts for the Times. See Tractarian.

To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.

Story; discourse. [R.] Shak.

exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men. Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings. Heb. xi. 36.

A discourse or colloquy by three persons.

e United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot.

itaka [Skr. Vinayapitsaka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.