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s. [Obs.] So little womanhood And natural goodness, as to think the death Of her own son. Beau. & Fl.

A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.

A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.

Through. [Obs.] "Thorow bramble, pits, and floods." Beau. & Fl.

tomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. [Obs.] "Three-piled people." Beau. & Fl.

sh tit, any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus Cochoa. They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits. -- Water thrush. (a) The European dipper. (b) An American warbler (Seiurus Noveboracensis).

The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach. Rev. xviii. 12.

Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. [Obs. & R.] Beau. & Fl.

handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obs.] You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & Fl.

To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

mmon or triple time; the musician keeps good time. Some few lines set unto a solemn time. Beau. & Fl.

A pale or faint tinge of any color. Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte.

Tight; nimble. [Obs.] Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl.

Tightly; nimbly. [Obs.] "I have seen him trip it tithly." Beau. & Fl.

A fop; a beau; a swell. [Slang, Eng.] Kipling.

death. [Obs.] Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends. Beau. & Fl.

he was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honor. Beau. & Fl.

ence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled. " The topless Apennines." "Topless fortunes." Beau. & Fl.

luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame. They light the nuptial torch. Milton. Torch thistle. (Bot.) See under Thistle.

So as to torture. Beau. & Fl.