Defn: To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] Chaucer.
THRIPS
Thrips, n. Etym: [L., a woodworm, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).
Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects.
THRIST
Thrist, n.
Defn: Thrist. [Obs.] Spenser.
THRITTENE
Thrit"tene`, a.
Defn: Thirteen. [Obs.] Chaucer.
THRIVE Thrive, v. i. [imp. Throve or Thrived (; p. p. Thrived or Thriven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.] Etym: [OE. , Icel. ; probably originally, to grasp for one's self, from to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. Thrift.]
1. To posper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry. Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold. I. Watts.