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A. S. _theaw_, mos, modus.
_Wyntown._
~Thewit~, _part. pa._ Disciplined, regulated.
A. S. _theaw_, inst.i.tutum.
_Pal. Hon._
~Thewless~, ~Thowless~, ~Thieveless~, _adj._
1. Unprofitable.
_Douglas._
A. S. _theow_, a servant, or _theow-ian_, to serve, and the privative particle _les_, less.
2. Inactive, remiss, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Not serving the purpose; as, _a thieveless excuse_, S.
4. Cold, forbidding, S.
_Burns._
_To look thieveless_ to one, to give one a cold reception, S. O.
5. Shy, reserved, Renfrews.
6. Applied to weather in an intermediate or uncertain, state, Renfrews.
7. Feeble.
_J. Nicol._
8. Insipid, dest.i.tute of taste, S.
_Ramsay._
THEWTILL, THEWITTEL, _s._ A large knife.
_Wallace._
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