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The tunny. [R.]

Through. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Thoroughfare. [Obs.] This world is but a thurghfare full of woe. Chaucer.

A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services. Fairholt.

Producing or bearing frankincense.

The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.

Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. -- n.

A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.

To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).

The hold of a ship; a sink. [Obs.] Small drops of water that enter through a little crevice into the thurrok and into the bottom of a ship. Chaucer.

The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. Holy Thursday. See under Holy.

The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls. Raymond.

The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

See Tussock. [Obs.]

Same as Thuja.

A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin. [Written also thujin.]

To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound." W. Irving.

The twaite.

Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. Milton.