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The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.

A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. [Written also thave.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.

Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a. Huxley.

ion. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.

m the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.

house. Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year. Milton.

e or notice. [Obs. or Local] He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors. Fuller.

A young mackerel about two years old.

The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October.

common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.

nt of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period by the number of miles for which it is carried.

An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermening liquid. It proceeds with some violence and requires a temperature of 14-30º C. (58-86º F.). It is used in the production of ale, porter, etc., and of wines high in alcohol, and in distilling.

rth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great.

To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] Ascham. To toss off, to drink hastily. -- To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.

a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.

Near; about; approaching to. I am toward nine years older since I left you. Swift.

mpt. "Thou shalt tread upon their high places." Deut. xxxiii. 29. (b) to follow closely. "Year treads on year." Wordsworth. -- To tread upon the heels of, to follow close upon. "Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin." Milton. One woe doth tread upon another's heel. Shak.…

In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base. See Illust. under Rucervine, and under Rusine.

Of or pertaining to thirty years; tricennial. [R.]