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Thread Worms – Thumb-Screw

Thread Worms

the name for thread-like intestinal worms of the order Nematoda. The Oxyuris vermicularis occurs in great numbers in the rectum of children particularly.

Three-Horn Chameleon

the Chamæleon oweni from Fernando Po.

The male has a long horn over each eye, and another at the end of the muzzle, whence the popular name.

Three Rivers

a city and port of entry in St. Maurice co., Quebec, Canada; THREE RIVERS THROAT an setshire, Nov. 29, 1821; was educated at educator; born in Alford Rectory, Somer- Eton and King's College, Cambridge, of

Throat

the anterior part of the œsophagus and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath. practice of medicine do not differ materidiseases of the throat met with in the

Thrombus

in pathology, a tumor a vessel in a thrombosis.

Throop

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna co. It is on the New York, Ontario and Western and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroads. It adjoins Scranton. Its chief industries are coal mining and the manufacture of silk. Pop. (1910) 5,133; (1920) 6,672.

Throne

the chair used on occasions of state by a king, emperor, or Pope. It is usually raised, and often surmounted with a canopy. The term is also applied to the seat of a bishop in his cathedral church, and is a common metaphor to express sovereign power.

Throne of Jamsheed

THE, Persepolis, so named by its Persian founders. Jamsheed removed the seat of government from Balkh thither.

Thrush

in ornithology, the name for any of the Turdida. They are universally distributed except in New Zealand, and are very highly organized birds, and it is for this reason, perhaps, as well as on account of their omnivorous diet, that they have been able to establish themselves on a number of remote islands.

They differ widely in their THRUSH

Thrush

sometimes called INFAN-

Thumb Flint

in anthropology, a popular name for short form of scrapers, the long varieties of which are sometimes known as "finger flints."

Evans thinks that these names, "though colloquially convenient, are not sufficiently definite to be worthy of being retained."

Thumb-Screw

a former instrument of torture for compressing the thumbs.

It was employed in various countries, Scotland in particular; called also thumbikins or thumbkins.