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g. Now frequently applied to the lantern which surmounts a dome. Thong. A leathern strap or lash. Thora-co-sco′pi-um. (Surgical.) A Stetho-scope (which see). Tho′ri-um. A heavy gray metal which burns when heated in the air. Thor′ough-bolt. (Shipbuilding.) A bolt going through from side to stile. Thor′ough-brace. (Vehicle.) A strong band or thong extending from the front to the back Cspring and supporting the body. Thowl. See thole. Thrash′ing-machinThor′ough-brace. (Vehicle.) A strong band or thong extending from the front to the back Cspring and supporting the body. Thowl. See thole. Thrash′ing-machine′. (Husbandry.) One for beating out grain from the heads. The normal form operates upon wheat, barley, oats, rye, and timothy. Some modifications have been made for flax and clover-seed. In Egypt, the ancient modes of thrashing have been maintained till modern times. (See Fig. 4196.) Their wheat was bearded. For the fitches are not thrashed with a thrashing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a st