Th
[tietʃ]
Definition
(-) In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
Editor: Lyle
Examples
- I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- None of the reinforcements from Buell's army arrived until the 24th of February. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Canby appeared before Mobile on the 27th of March. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Heating by the circulation of hot water through pipes was also originated or revived during the 18th century, and a short time before Watt's circulation of steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Colonel O'Dowd, of the --th regiment, one of those occupying in Paris, warned Lieutenant Spooney of that corps. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Early on the morning of 30th of April McClernand's corps and one division of McPherson's corps were speedily landed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- BURNSIDE, Commanding 9th Army Corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Yes, he continued, after some turning over of pages, he was paid last on May 20th. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The next morning Early started on his march to the capital of the Nation, arriving before it on the 11th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 12th of February I ordered Thomas to take Dalton and hold it, if possible; and I directed him to move without delay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He's one o' th' oud-fashioned sort. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Sherman reached Fayetteville on the 11th of March. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We see again here, as in the case of Thales, th at the love of abstract thought, the pursuit of science as science, did not interfere with ultimate practical applications. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We have now ended the 6th day of very hard fighting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General Hurlbut with the 16th corps was left in command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Upton