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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6 words match “THALIA”

THALIA n. 3 definitions
That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
THALIACEA n.
A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.
THALIAN a.
Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
GRACE n.
f Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. The Graces love to weave the rose. Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. Prior.…
MOUSE-EAR n.
tium vulgarium, and C. viscosum). -- Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.
SEA THONGS n.
A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.