thank,  thanks.  (£.)  M.E.  yank,  a
thought,  kindly  remembrance,  goodwill;
hence  thanks,  pi.  expressions  of  goodwill.
A.  S.  yanc,  yotic,  sb.,  thought,  favour,  con-
tent, thank.  +  Du.  dank,  Icel.  ybkk,  Dan.
tak,  Swed.  /oafc,  Goth,  thagks,  i.  e.  thanks*,
remembrance,  thank.  From  a  Teut.  base
THAK,  to  think,  suppose  ;  cf.  O.  Lat.
tongere,  to  think,  to  know,  Lith.  tikiti,  to
believe.  (Root  TAG,  prob.  allied  to  V
TAK.)    Der.  thank,  verb.
thought, sb.  (E.)  Better thoght.  M.E.
yoght.  A.  S.  yoht,  ge-yoht,  a  thought,  lit.
thing  thought  of.  —  A.S.  yoht,  pp.  of
yencan,  to  think  ;  see  Think.  +  Icel.
J*fr/i,  )><fr/r ;  G.  gedacht,  from  gedacht,  pp.
of  denken.
Third ;  see  Three.
Thirl,  to  pierce ;  see  Through.
Thirst,  sb.  (E.)  Lit. « dryness/  M.  E.
yurst.'  A. S.  £*r.f/,  fcyrr/,  thirst;  whence
yyrstan,  verb,  to  thirst.  +  Du.  dorst,  Icel.
yorsti,  Dan.  /orr/,  Swed.  /^rtf,  G.  durst,
Goth,  thaurstei.  p.  The  Goth,  thaurstei
is  from  thaurs-ans,  pp.  of  thairsan  (pt.  t
thars),  to  be  dry ;  with  suffix  -/**.  This  is
cognate  with  Gk.  ripaeaOat,  to  become
dry.  Skt.  *rc>A,  to  thirst;  tarsha,  thirst.
(V  TARS.)  Allied  to  Terraoe  and  Torrid.
Thirteen,  Thirty;  see  Three.
This;  see  That.
Thistle.  (E.)  M.  E.  yistil.  A.  S.  yistel.
-\-  Du.  distel,  Icel.  yistill,  Dan.  tidsel,  Swed.
tistel,  G.  <#>/*/.  Lit.  '  tearer/  from  base
THINS,  to  pull;  cf.  Goth,  at-thinsan,  to
pull  towards  one,  O.  H.  G.  thinsan,  to  pull
forcibly,  to  tear.   (Base  TANS ;  y  TAN.)

Thither ;  see  That.
Thole  (i),  Thowl,  a  peg  to  steady  an
oar.  (E.)  M.E.  thol.  A. S.  yol (8th cent).
+  Du.  dot;  Icel.  \ollr,  young  tree,  wooden
peg,  thole ;  Dan.  tol;  Swed.  tall,  pine-tree ;
Norw.  tall,  toll,  fir-tree,  toll,  a  thole.  Orig.
