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a. Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous; having a bloodlust. -- Blood"thirst`i*ness (&unr_;), n. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &unr_; a louse. ] (Zool.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make thirsty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the time of life between 30 and 40.
Syn. -- thirties, thirty-something. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. Nostril. [ Obs. ] [ Written also nosethurl, nosthrill. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
Syn. -- third, tierce. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To hire out. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; louse. ] (Med.) A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. thirde, AS. þridda, fr. þrī, þreó, three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. þriði, Goth. þridja, L. tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t&rsdot_;tīya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce. ] 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. “The third night.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. [ 1913 Webster ]

Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état.
Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1. --
Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7. --
Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sixtieth part of a second of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. [ 1913 Webster ]

Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones. --
Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) An under constable. Shak. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Eng. Law) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the third place. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (A.S. Law) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Electric Railways) (a) The third rail used in the third-rail system. (b) An electric railway using such a rail. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Electric Railways) A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the ground and the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or other devices. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Thirled p. pr. & vb. n. Thirling. ] [ See Thrill. ] To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill. [ Obs. or Prov. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That with a spear was thirled his breast bone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Thrall. ] (Scots Law) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. thirst, þurst, AS. þurst, þyrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become dry, tesai`nein to dry up, Skr. t&rsdot_;sh to thirst. √54. Cf. Torrid. ] 1. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with thirst? Ex. xvii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. “Thirst of worldy good.” Fairfax. “The thirst I had of knowledge.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting. ] [ AS. þyrstan. See Thirst, n. ] 1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people thirsted there for water. Ex. xvii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a vehement desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. Ps. xlii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To have a thirst for. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who thirsts. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a thirsty manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being thirsty; thirst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The throstle. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Thirstier superl. Thirstiest. ] [ AS. &unr_;urstig. See Thirst, n. ] 1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. Judges iv. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Ps. lxiii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. threttene, AS. þreótēne, þreótyne. See Three, and Ten, and cf. Thirty. ] One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Thirteen: cf. AS. þreóteóða. ] 1. Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The next in order after the twelfth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Thirty: cf. AS. þrītigōða. ] 1. Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. thritty, AS. þrītig, þrittig; akin to D. dertig, G. dreissig, Icel. þrjātīu, þrjātigi, þrir teger, Goth. þreis tigjus, i.e., three tens. See Three, and Ten, and cf. Thirteen. ] Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n.; pl. Thirties 1. The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thirty-second note (Mus.), the thirty-second part of a whole note; a demi-semiquaver. [ 1913 Webster ]