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As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples. The early fame of Gratian was e…

A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]

One who thatches.

The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.

A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also lithiate.]

f birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europæa). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmæa), and others, are American.

A salt of the supposed oenanthic acid.

A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate.

from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel s…

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Obs.] That he might . . . abandon them from him. Udall. Being all this time abandoned from your bed. Shak.

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

He who, or that which, abases.

The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

One who, or that which, abates.

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvi…

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child). Shak.