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am acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof. Gwilt.

A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

To point or thrust, as a lance. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. J. Philips.

charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo. -- Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship. -- Torpedo nettings, nettings made of ch…

The act of pushing or thrusting. [R.] Bentley.

To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy. [R.] Stanyhurst.

A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney. [Obs.] Fuller.

A bout; a thrust; a venew. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes. Shak.

A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

oken by this people. Used also adjectively. [Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot with a spear." Shak. Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.

A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust.

rm. Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. Shak. He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece. Judg. vi. 38.

To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk. Their wounded steeds . . . Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters. Shak.