Thert. v. To plough land a second time, at right angles to the first ploughing, so as to clean it more effectually. Cp. Thwart.—N.W.
Thetches, Thatches. Vetches. Lent thetches are an early spring kind.—N.W.
Thill, or Dill. The shaft of a cart.—N.W.
Thiller, Diller, Thill-horse. The shaft-horse of a team.—N.W.
Thimbles. Campanula rotundifolia, L., the Harebell.—S.W. (Hamptworth.)
Thorough-pin. The pin which fastens the waggon-bed to the carriage (D.). See Waggon.—N.W.
*Three-pound-tenner. The name given by bird-catchers about Salisbury to the 'Chevil' variety of Goldfinch, it being more valuable than the ordinary kind (Birds of Wilts, p. 203).—S.W.
Threshles. 'A pair of threshles, drashols, or flyals, a flail' (D.). The usual term for a flail. See Drashel.—N. & S.W.
Throw. (1) n. 'A throw of timber,' the quantity felled at any one time.—N.W. (2) v. To fell timber (Bevis, ch. i).—N.W. (3) 'To throw a gin or snare,' to spring or set it off (Amateur Poacher, ch. vi).—N.W.