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A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.

• Otherwise
  In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily.
• THYRSOIDTHYRSOIDAL
  Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
• Thoracotomy
  The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
• Thaumaturgist
  One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.
• Threshold
  The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
• Theoric
  Of or pertaining to the theorica.
• Thunderless
  Without thunder or noise.
• Thessalonian
  Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.
• Thiefly
  Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
• Protectorial
  Same as Protectoral.
• Thorny
  Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
• Thearchic
  Divinely sovereign or supreme.
• Thriftiness
  The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
• Theosophism
  Belief in theosophy.
• Thuriferous
  Producing or bearing frankincense.
• Thibetian
  Same as Thibetan.
• Thimbleful
  As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
• Southerliness
  The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
• Thoroughwort
  Same as Boneset.
• Theca
  A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

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