Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 35

Threat (n.) To threaten.

Threatened (imp. & p. p.) of Threaten

Threatening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Threaten

Threaten (v. t.) To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.

Threaten (v. t.) To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.

Threaten (v. i.) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.

Threatener (n.) One who threatens.

Threatening () a. & n. from Threaten, v.

Threatful (a.) Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.

Threave (n.) Same as Thrave.

Three (a.) One more than two; two and one.

Three (n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

Three (n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

Three-cornered (a.) Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

Three-cornered (a.) Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.

Three-decker (n.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

Three-flowered (a.) Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

Threefold (a.) Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.

Three-handed (a.) Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.

Three-leafed (a.) Alt. of Three-leaved

Three-leaved (a.) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.

Three-leaved (a.) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.

Three-lobed (a.) Having three lobes.

Three-nerved (a.) Having three nerves.

Three-parted (a.) Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.

Threepence (n.) A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.

Threepenny (a.) Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

Three-pile (n.) An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.

Three-piled (a.) Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.

Three-piled (a.) Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.

Three-piled (a.) Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.

Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.

Three-pointed (a.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.

Three-score (a.) Thrice twenty; sixty.

Three-sided (a.) Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

Three-square (a.) Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

Three-valved (a.) Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.

Three-way (a.) Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.

Threne (n.) Lamentation; threnody; a dirge.

Threnetic (a.) Alt. of Threnetical

Threnetical (a.) Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.

Threnode (n.) A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.

Threnodist (n.) One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.

Threnody (n.) A song of lamentation; a threnode.

Threpe (v. t.) To call; to term.

Threpsology (n.) The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.

Threshed (imp. & p. p.) of Thresh

Threshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thresh

Thresh (v. t. & i.) Same as Thrash.

Thresher (n.) Same as Thrasher.

Thresh-fold (n.) Threshold.

Threshold (n.) The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

Threshold (n.) Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

Threshwold (n.) Threshold.

Threste (imp.) of Threste

Threst (p. p. &) of Threste

Threste (v. t.) To thrust.

Thretteen (a.) Thirteen.

Thretty (a.) Thirty.

Threw () imp. of Throw.

Thribble (a.) Triple; treble; threefold.

Thrice (adv.) Three times.

Thrice (adv.) In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.

Thricecock (n.) The missel thrush.

Thrid (a.) Third.

Thridded (imp. & p. p.) of Thrid

Thridding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrid

Thrid (v. t.) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.

Thrid (v. t.) To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.

Thrid (n.) Thread; continuous line.

Thrifallow (v. t.) See Thryfallow, and Trifallow.

Thrift (n.) A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.

Thrift (n.) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.

Thrift (n.) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

Thrift (n.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.

Thriftily (adv.) In a thrifty manner.

Thriftily (adv.) Carefully; properly; becomingly.

Thriftiness (n.) The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.

Thriftless (a.) Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.

Thrifty (superl.) Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.

Thrifty (superl.) Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.

Thrifty (superl.) Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.

Thrifty (superl.) Secured by thrift; well husbanded.

Thrifty (superl.) Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.

Thrill (n.) A warbling; a trill.

Thrill (v. t.) A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

Thrilled (imp. & p. p.) of Thrill

Thrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrill

Thrill (v. t.) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.

Thrill (v. t.) Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.

Thrill (v. t.) To hurl; to throw; to cast.

Thrill (v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.

Thrill (v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.

Thrill (n.) A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.

Thrill (n.) A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.

Thrillant (a.) Piercing; sharp; thrilling.

Thrilling (a.) Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.

Throng (imp.) of Thring

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