Thrust (?), n. & v. Thrist. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Thrust (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.]
[OE. &?;rusten, &?;risten, &?;resten, Icel.
&?;r&?;st&?; to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E.
threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to
drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the
hand or foot, or with an instrument.
Into a dungeon thrust, to work with
slaves.
Milton.
2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with
through.
To thrust away or from, to push
away; to reject. -- To thrust in, to push or
drive in. -- To thrust off, to push away. -
- To thrust on, to impel; to urge. -- To
thrust one's self in or into, to obtrude
upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not
invited or not welcome. -- To thrust out, to
drive out or away; to expel. -- To thrust through,
to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the
doublet." Shak. -- To thrust together, to
compress.
Thrust, v. i. 1. To make
a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his
antagonist.
2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
And thrust between my father and the
god.
Dryden.
3. To push forward; to come with force; to press
on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty
concourse." Chapman.
To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.]
As doth an eager hound
Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.
Spenser.
Thrust, n. 1. A violent
push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its
length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word
much used as a term of fencing.
[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,
And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.
Dryden.
2. An attack; an assault.
One thrust at your pure, pretended
mechanism.
Dr. H. More.
3. (Mech.) The force or pressure of one part
of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a
horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its
abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of
a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing
arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft.
-- Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along
which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.
Syn. -- Push; shove; assault; attack. Thrust,
Push, Shove. Push and shove usually imply the
application of force by a body already in contact with the body to be
impelled. Thrust, often, but not always, implies the impulse or
application of force by a body which is in motion before it reaches the
body to be impelled.
Thrust (?), n. & v. Thrist. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Thrust (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.]
[OE. &?;rusten, &?;risten, &?;resten, Icel.
&?;r&?;st&?; to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E.
threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to
drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the
hand or foot, or with an instrument.
Into a dungeon thrust, to work with
slaves.
Milton.
2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with
through.
To thrust away or from, to push
away; to reject. -- To thrust in, to push or
drive in. -- To thrust off, to push away. -
- To thrust on, to impel; to urge. -- To
thrust one's self in or into, to obtrude
upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not
invited or not welcome. -- To thrust out, to
drive out or away; to expel. -- To thrust through,
to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the
doublet." Shak. -- To thrust together, to
compress.
Thrust, v. i. 1. To make
a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his
antagonist.
2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
And thrust between my father and the
god.
Dryden.
3. To push forward; to come with force; to press
on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty
concourse." Chapman.
To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.]
As doth an eager hound
Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.
Spenser.
Thrust, n. 1. A violent
push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its
length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word
much used as a term of fencing.
[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,
And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.
Dryden.
2. An attack; an assault.
One thrust at your pure, pretended
mechanism.
Dr. H. More.
3. (Mech.) The force or pressure of one part
of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a
horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its
abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of
a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing
arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft.
-- Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along
which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.
Syn. -- Push; shove; assault; attack. Thrust,
Push, Shove. Push and shove usually imply the
application of force by a body already in contact with the body to be
impelled. Thrust, often, but not always, implies the impulse or
application of force by a body which is in motion before it reaches the
body to be impelled.
