Vocabulary : Thirdings to Thirsted

Thirdings : 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.
Thirdly : In the third place.
Third-penny : A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
Third-rail system : 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.
Thirl : To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.

Thirlage : 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.
Thirled : of Thirl
Thirling : of Thirl
Thirst : 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. ;; Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. ;; To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink. ;; To have a vehement desire. ;; To have a thirst for.
Thirsted : of Thirst

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