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thou

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thou 1  (ou)
pron.
Used to indicate the one being addressed, especially in a literary, liturgical, or devotional context.

[Middle English, from Old English th, second person nominative sing. personal pron.; see tu- in Indo-European roots.]

thou 2  (thou)
n. Slang
A thousand, especially of dollars.

thou 1
pron
Old-fashioned same as you: used when talking to one person [Old English thū]

thou 2
Noun
pl thou Informal
1. one thousandth of an inch
2. a thousand
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.thouthou - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
millenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)
Translations
thou
pron thou [ðau]
an old word for `you' used only when addressing one person, especially God (usuallyThou), as the subject of a verb Thou, O God .; Thou shalt not kill! u أنْتَ، أنْتِ ост. ти ty du du εσύ (αρχ.) vos sina تو sinä tu, toi אַת, אַתָה तू ti te Kau þú tu なんじ ?고어??2인칭 단수·주격? 그대, 당신 tu (novec., poēt.) tu kamu gij du ty vós Tu, tu ты ty Ti ti du, din []! ท่าน, เธอ (ใช้ในภาษาวรรณคดีโบราณ) sen (古)汝,爾 ти تو، تم mày, mi, ngươi,尔


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Why, boy, thy mother's milk is yet scarce dry upon thy lips, and yet thou pratest of standing up with good stout men at Nottingham butts, thou who art scarce able to draw one string of a two-stone bow.
``Hold,'' said one who seemed to exercise some authority over the others; ``this bag which thou bearest, as I can feel through thy cloak, contains more coin than thou hast told us of.
Thou Spirit, who led'st this glorious Eremite Into the desert, his victorious field Against the spiritual foe, and brought'st him thence By proof the undoubted Son of God, inspire, As thou art wont, my prompted song, else mute, And bear through highth or depth of Nature's bounds, With prosperous wing full summed, to tell of deeds Above heroic, though in secret done, And unrecorded left through many an age: Worthy to have not remained so long unsung.
 
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