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To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] Mede.

One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow.

The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4. In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak. And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. Keble.…

The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious. For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19.

No thanks; ill will; misfortune. [Obs.] Unthank come on his head that bound him so. Chaucer.

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The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks. Shak.

e; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.

(Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b). -- Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. -- The anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. -- Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the…

The spotted redshank.

A bolt with a barbed shank.

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

To express or make known by blushing. I'll blush you thanks. Shak.

The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.

A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.

A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.