thoro
Americanadjective
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This petty spite work by the moon-struck tool of the lumber trust was in thoro keeping with the cowardly characteristics he displayed on the dock on November 5th.
From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Walker C. Smith
A thoro discussion of wood structure, with chapters on the recognition and classification of woods, defects, preservation, uses, tests, supplies, and sources of wood.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
But an answer was afforded by any conduct which would have supported a decree of divorce a mensa et thoro.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
A divorce a mensa et thoro could also be granted for cruelty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
I have not time to go into a thoro investigation of the mistakes into which grammarians have fallen in their attempts to explain this "part of speech."
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch
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