pron. & a.;
When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. Acts ii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]
But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched. Matt. xxiv. 43. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under That, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
This way and that wavering sails they bend. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
A body of this or that denomination is produced. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole. [ 1913 Webster ]
This twenty years have I been with thee.. Gen. xxxi. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have not wept this years; but now
My mother comes afresh into my eyes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. thistil, AS. þistel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. þistill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin. ] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera
Blessed thistle,
Bull thistle,
Canada thistle,
Cotton thistle,
Fuller's thistle,
Globe thistle,
Melon thistle
Pine thistle,
Scotch thistle,
Sow thistle,
Spear thistle.
Star thistle,
Torch thistle,
Yellow thistle,
Thistle bird (Zool.),
Thistle butterfly (Zool.),
Thistle cock (Zool.),
Thistle crown,
Thistle finch (Zool.),
Thistle funnel,
a.
In such a world, so thorny, and where none
Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found,
Without some thistly sorrow at its side. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]