Category:Thus

Thus, n. Etym: [l. thus, better tus, frankincense. See thurible.]

Defn: the commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

Thus Thus, adv. Etym: [oe. thus, as. ; akin to ofries. & os. thus, d. dus, And e. that; cf. Ohg. sus. See that.]

1. In this or that manner; on this wise. Thus did noah; according to all that god commanded him, so did he. Gen. vi. 22. Thus god the heaven created, thus the earth. Milton.

2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus Peaceble; thus bold. Shak. Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. Milton.