These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Thous, Thrace, Thracia.
in zo-ology, according to Hamilton Smith, a section of Canide, having the form of wolves on a small scale; not more than 18 inches high; structure very light; tail rather short, forming a scanty brush, tip black; fur close, hard; livery mostly chequered, or penciled with black and white, extremities buff; they are not gregarious and do not burrow. From Africa and Southwestern Asia. Some of the species are now classed with Canis and others with Vulpes.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) thras, in ancient geography, a region of somewhat indefinite boundaries extending from Macedonia eastward to the Euxine, now the Black Sea . The people were regarded by the Greeks as ferocious barbarians. The climate was considered terribly severe. Aside from the fact that the inhabitants were related to the people of Europe rather than to the Turks by whom they were afterward subdued, little is known of their language, religion, or race affinity. Implements and ornaments found in sepulchral mounds show that communication with Greece as well as Rome was frequent. During the period of Roman occupation extensive roads, still in use, were built. The inhabitants are believed to be ancestors of the modern Wallachians. The southern part of ancient Thrace forms now a part of Turkey in Europe. The northern district is included in Bulgaria.
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the ancient name of the Turkish province of Rumeli. It is said to have been peopled by a tribe of Pelasgians. The authentic history of the country commences with the formation of the Greek settlements in the 6th century B. c. Of these, the principal were Byzantium (675 b. c.), Selymbria, Abdera (560 B. c.), Mesembria, Dicæa, Maronea, Ænus, Cardia, Sestus, Amphipolis, etc.; but their want of union enabled the Thracian chiefs of the interior to preserve their independence. In 513 b. c., Darius, King of Persia, marched through Thrace on his way to punish the European Scythians, and on his return, left Megabazus, with 80,000 men, to subdue the country. In this he partially succeeded, but new disturbances and complications arose between the Persians and Greeks, which resulted (480 b. c.) in the famous expedition of Xerxes. The rise of the Macedonian kingdom, under Philip II. (359 (359 B. c.), destroyed the independence of a great part of Thrace. Under the Government of Lysimachus, Thracia was incorporated with Macedonia, and became complete. On the fall of the Macedonian kingdom (168 B. c.), it passed into the hands of the Romans, and subsequently shared the vicissitudes of the Roman emand in 447, by Attila. In 1353, Amurath obtained possession of all its fortresses, except Constantinople, and remained in the hands of the Turks. By the treaty of Neuilly in 1919 Bulgaria agreed to give Thrace to Greece.
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The name, in earlier times, of the vast space of country bounded on the north by the Danube, on the south by the Propontis and the Aegean, on the east by the Pontus Euxinus, and on the west by the river Strymon and the easternmost of the Illyrian tribes. 2026 Editor's Note: Thracia was annexed as a Roman province by Emperor Claudius in 46 AD, ending its existence as an independent client kingdom. The region had previously been ruled by the Odrysian kingdom and briefly by a successor of Alexander the Great before becoming a Roman client state. (Ed: BR 2026-06-07)
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in zoology, a genus of Anatinida. Shell oblong, nearly equivalve, slightly compressed, attenuated and gaping behind; cartilage processes thick; pallial sinus shallow. Animal with the mantle closed; foot linguiform; siphon rather long, with fringed orifices. They live in water from 4 to 120 fathoms deep. Recent species 17, from the United States. Greenland, Great Britain, Norway, the Mediterranean, the Canaries, China, etc.; fossil 36, from the Lower Oölite, if not the Trias, onward.
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or Thresher, a thrush-like bird common in the United States . It is related to the mockingbird and the catbird. The best known is the brown thrasher, also called the sandy mockingbird from its color and power of mimicry. The brown thrasher is a fine songster. It frequents shrubbery and underbrush. It is about eleven inches in length with a long tail and short wings. Color, bright reddish above, under parts whitish shaded with cinnamon and marked with chain-like cinnamon streaks. It builds a bulky nest of twigs, leaves, etc., in a bush or occasionally on the ground in which it lays six whitish or greenish eggs profusely speckled with brown. The California thrasher has a long, curved bill and is different in color from the brown thrasher. Other varieties, all found near the Mexican border, are the bow-billed, the Arizona, the St. Lucas, the Yuma, and the Crissal.
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the name given to certain peculiar cells or cysts, found chiefly in the tissues of Cælenterate animals. They contain fluid, and are provided an internal thr thread-like ment. Under pressure the cell ruptures, and the fluid esthe thread is everted, capes. These cells form a poison apparatus for paralyzing prey.
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the name for thread-like intestinal worms of the order Nematoda. The Oxyuris vermicularis occurs in great numbers in the rectum of children particularly.
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menacing, especially with ulterior designs. By the common law of England to threaten bodily hurt is a civil injury against the person, and pecuniary damages can be recovered for interruption of a man's business through fear of such threats. Any person accusing or threatening to accuse any other person of infamous or other crimes, with the view to extort gain, is guilty of felony. Similar provisions are made against sending or delivering any letter threatening any house, ship, etc., maim cattle; sending or or to wound or delivering any threatening letter demanding any property or valuable. Any person who maliciously sends or delivers, letter threatknowing the contents, any ening to kill or murder any person, or to burn or destroy any coal breaker, house, any rick or barn, or other building, or stack of grain or other agricultural produce, in most States is considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction is liable to fine and imprisonment. The English statutes on this subject have been adopted in the United States generally.
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