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THORNRACK. in ich.hyolo~y. gee RAlA.
THORNllUIt Y. a "..rkcl. lOwn ofCloedlcrfhire. fi,ualed
twcm)' miles (outh ·wcH o( Glocelh:r.
THORNE Y. ISLAND ••n ill:rod m.d. by lhe b..neh..
of .he Thames formerly. whcre Wellminner.abbey now
lIands .
T HORNEY oI SL .-\ND is airo 30 iOand Gtuatedinabayor the
E .il rhannd. be.wcen Chichener and POrlfmoulh.
THOUGHT. a ~ene,,1 oame for al l ,he ideas eunlequent
00 the operaticns of lhe mind; and even for the opera–
liaos thCl1'tfeJvcs.
THOULON, or TOUL ON , a pOrt_tou'o óf ~rovence, in
France, {ill1at(d 00 a bay of the r..1cditcrraDcao tea: E .
E. long. 6°. aod N. 1... •¡;o {.
THOU LOSE. or TOULOS •• a eity ofFranc<. eapitalof
the ci ty of Langucdoc. úluatcd 00 the river GJ.ronne :
E . lon~. lO S', and N lal. 43° 40"
THRACE, a proyinee of Europ<aD Turky. filualed 00 lhe
norrh (ide nf the Propomi! ,
THRASHING. or THO ESHINC. in agrieullure. the art
o( beating ,he ct)ro out of the ears .
There are t \VO way' of reparating córn from the eH ;
Ihe firn by beaing il Wilh • O,iI, whieh is properly wh..
is ealled lhralbing. T he o.her melhod, nill prad ired .n
{evt'ral countries, is to makc mules, or hocfc:s, trample
OD ¡r, b:lckwards and forwards j this is properly wh,!t the
ancicnts called tritu ra and trituratio, The Hebrews ufed
oxen therei n, and fometimrs yoked four togedler for this
purpofC'. Another way among ,he ancienn W1.S wilh a
kínd of nc:dge, mlde of boards joined logelher, and
loaden with llones or iron. upon which a mao was mouo'–
.d, and Ihe whole ora~'o over Ihe COlO by horres : 'lhis
innrument was c:.tlleu traha, or tríbula,
TI-IR AVE of torn. l\'Ient y~ four fl-¡c:aves, or four fllocks
of fix fheav es to ,he fhock: though, in f"me countfles,
they only reckon tWt'h'e fhocks 10 ¡he
THRICHECHUS. in zoology. 'a genus of quadrureds be·
Jonging to the (¡lCicr of bruta. Theee "re no fore·teelh
in either jaw ; the dog- teeth in the upper Jaw are folita~
ry; the IJps :tre do~,bJed : and in pb:¡ce of the twOhind
l,·~t, thr-y a broa.,! O!fhy tail or fin. There are two
fpt-Cies, voz . ) , ¡ 'he ro(ñldnnus, nlorfe, ft;¡.horfc:. or
". , 1I.rore, ha, lhe dog-tee.h of the opper.j. 1V prolruded
OJt of the lT:oulh . This animal is rOllnd in the ocean ,
witbin the ¡¡{JIu circle. lt grunts like ¡¡ hog, ólnd IS ¡¡.
houe the Ctze of a bull. 2 . l 'he nJonates, or fea.cow,
hzs lhe "06 te(th not prOlruded. lt is found in lhe
Americ .. n ~nd Indian oeean, princip;: dly al lhe moutbs of
rlvers . le retds upon re3:-WCed9, and i, about twelve feel
Jon2' The remalcs have, between the pedoral fins, two
h,rg(, round, aod fair brcOs; and both ftxes have the
pa", of genera,ion, . nd Ihe' navel, perfeélly rerembling
Ihore of <I.e hurnan fpeeies: lhere is no doubl bUI all
the (ables concerning mernlaids, mermen, and fyrens,
took thei r rife from fin imperfetl view of this animal.
THRI PS. a ~<nu. of inftéls belonging to the order of he·
míptera. T he beak is obfcure; the feelers are of an e–
qual length with lhe breal!; the body is linear; and il
.... four flrait wings Iying eror,.ways UpOD lhe baek.
There ore fi ye fpeeics, diftinguilbed by their eolour.
THHOAT, the anlerior P'r! of an animal, bellVeen lhe
h<ad and lhe Iboulde". \Vhereio is Ihe gullet.
THRO~E, a royal feat , or chair or nate, enrichcd wi,h
T E
ornamenu of architcélure and Ccul pture:. raifed on one or
more Cleps, and covcrcd wilh a kind oC canopy. Such
are the thrones in· the rooms of :ludienee of klDgS and
orher ro\/ert=igns.
THROWSTER. one who prepares ra\tl filk for lbe weaver.
by cJcanfing and [witlcng it.
THRUSH .•n oroi,hology . Se< TUODU' .
TH UL E, o/ lhe aoeiem5, fuppored 10 b. lhe illands of
Orcades,
THUMB, in anatomy, one of the parts or extremlties of
the hand. Set AN ATOMY, p. lS ..
THUMM t M. Seo U O' M.
THUNDEIt, a Doire in ,he regions of lhe air, exeit<d by
foddeo flalbes of lighloing. Se< E~'CTO ' C 1T Y, p.
480. 484.
THURI, G IA LAND CRAV 'ATE. one oflhe divifions oflhe
cireJe oC Upper Saxony, in Gcrmany, havíng the f.tuchy
of Magdeburg on the noJth, and Franconia,on Ihe Cuuth.
THURSDA.Y, .he firtb day of lhe ChriHi.D week. bU' lho
(i".h day of .hal of .be jews.
T HURSO. a POil-lolVn of Cailhners. in Seolland, filuared
on Ihe C~ledoni"n ocean, lifteen miles louth-well of
DlIng!by. he.d.
THUYA. iD bOlaoy. a genus .of lhe moneeei. moa.dclphi.
eLlfs. The caltx of lhe maje is an amtlHUm, th:a 01 lhe
female a ltrobilus ; neither o( them have any corolla j
Ihere is one piUillum, and one nut lurrounded with an
emarginatc:d wlOg. The fpec,es are three, all nat¡ves of
warm countries,
THYMUS, in bot>ny, a genus of the didynanti. gymno–
(permia clars. The calix IS bilahiated. and . he fa ux i.
lhut up with hairs, Therll! are elght fp~cies. tWI,) o( them
natives oC Britaín, viz, lhe ft=rpillum, or eommon thyme;
the acinos, or wlld baGI.
T HYMUS. in anatOmy. Se!! ANA T OM Y, p. 278 ,
TH YRO ..\RYT.lENOIDES. in aoa.omy. Se. ANATO–
MY. p. ;O I .
"TtlYRO lDE CAR T 'LACE. S.e ANATC\MY, p. 300.
TH~RSUS. in antiqui,y, .he lecplre whieh lhe poelS put
iOto the h:ilnd of Bacchus. }\ad wherewith thty fur–
n;Olc!d rhe mc:nades in ,heie baccllfHlaliit ,
TI.~RA, aD orn<tment or habi t wht!n:wlth the ~ ncient Pcr–
fidns covaed their head; and which the Armeni"ns, "nd
k.ogs of POOlUS . 11.11 we.. on medals; .hefe I.n, be..u'c
dd..:endcd from Ihe Per(;.lns .
T, ARA is alf,., Ihe name of the pope's {ripIe crown.
Tli3ER, a grcal flver of Jtaly, whieh rur.s tilrough the
pope's tcrrilOries, pafling by 1'crugia and Orvitlto ; aDd
h3\·iog Vlfited R ome, f.lls iOlO lhe Turean fea a l OH.a,
fiftetn mdes belo\V (hat CilY.
TlHl. ... in an'lomy. See AN ATOMY. ~. 183.
TIAIALIS•.in analomy. See ANATOMY. p. 209.
TIDES. Se. ASTOONOMY. p. 473.
TIOI -WAITiRS, or TID I SMEN, are inferior officers be-
tO lhe eu(\om·hour•• whofe employmenl il is 10
watch or atteod upon Olips, untiJ the culloms be paid :
they gel lhis name from their going (jn board f'hips , on
thclr arrival in the. mouth of the T hames or othtr port•
ano ro eonl/' up \Vilh lhe lide.
TI END. io Seo.. law. Se< LAW. T il. xvii . 1, Óc.
TI ERCE. or TE'OCE, • m"lure ofliq"iu 'hings. as wioe,
oil, Óc. eonlainiog the lhird pan of a pipe, or rony_lwo
gallo", .
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