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sometimes by that. The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings. Milton. He gazed so long That both his eyes were dazzled. Tennyson.

rov. Eng.] -- Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. -- Thistle finch (Zoöl.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] -- Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth.

rnished with, or characterized by, thrums. Dampier. On her head thrummy cap she had. Chalkhill.

it. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). -- Wild thyme, Thymus Serpyllum, common on banks and hillsides in Europe. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. Shak.

The European meadow pipit; a titlark. Ground tit. (Zoöl.) See Wren tit, under Wren. -- Hill tit (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera. -- Tit babbler (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus Tri…

nd of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]

A knoll or hill. [Obs.] "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.

To rise to the top of; to go over the top of. But wind about till thou hast topped the hill. Denham.

High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle. [Prov. Eng.] A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree. C. Kingsley.

tortuous leaf or corolla. The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick. Macaulay.

the snow. It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. Macaulay.

Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold. E. Phillip

A tritheist. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch. Troll flower. (Bot.) Same as Globeflower (a).

fold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South.

Rising above the level; protuberant. So high as heaved the tumid hills. Milton.

A little hillock; a knoll. Ainsworth.

Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. Pinkerton.

The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness. [R.] Bailey.

Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. [R.] Bailey.