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With that or this. "I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Phil. iv. 11.

Over and above; besides; moreover. [Obs.] Daniel. And therewithal it was full poor and bad. Chaucer.

cifically, good qualities; virtues. [Obs.] For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear. Chaucer. Evil speeches destroy good thews. Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33). To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might. Spenser.

Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.

Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.

Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.

imp. of Throw.

A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.

A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift.

Channel in which the tide sets.

A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head. Wright. V. Knox.

To hew in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Any species of Linguatulina.

A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an aëroplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, Tractor monoplane, Tractor biplane, etc.

To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W. Scott.

A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.

True. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders. "He wore the trews, or close trowsers, made of tartan." Sir W. Scott.

Truth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolæ.