Thistle bird (Zoöl.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); — so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under Goldfinch. — Thistle butterfly (Zoöl.), a handsomely colored American butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon thistles; — called also painted lady. — Thistle cock (Zoöl.), the corn bunting (Emberiza militaria). [Prov. Eng.] — Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. — Thistle finch (Zoöl.), the goldfinch; — so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] — Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth.
This"tly (?), a. 1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side.
Thith"er (?), adv. [OE. thider, AS. ðider; akin to E. that; cf. Icel. þaðra there, Goth. þaþr thence. See That, and The.] 1. To that place; — opposed to hither.
This city is near; . . . O, let me escape thither.
2. To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
Hither and thither, to this place and to that; one way and another.
Syn. — There. Thither, There. Thither properly denotes motion toward a place; there denotes rest in a place; as, I am going thither, and shall meet you there. But thither has now become obsolete, except in poetry, or a style purposely conformed to the past, and there is now used in both senses; as, I shall go there to-morrow; we shall go there together.
Thith"er (?), a. 1. Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; — a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water. W. D. Howells.
2. Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a. Huxley.
Thith"er*to` (?), adv. To that point; so far. [Obs.]
Thith"er*ward (?), adv. To ward that place; in that direction.
They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward.
Thit"see (?), n. [Written also theesee, and thietsie.] 1. (Bot.) The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhœa usitatissima).
2. A black varnish obtained from the tree.
||Thlip"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; pressure, fr. &?; to press.] ||(Med.) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external ||cause. || Tho (), def. art. The. [Obs.] Spenser.