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291 Thrashel. See Drashel. ThraW to un. To persevere, to stick at it. " Thraw to un, for theer't sure to have a bundle of a lode very soon." Thunder-axes- There are also taken up in such works, (stream-works) certaine little tooles of brasse (bronze) which some term thunder-axes!' These are the celts so well known to the antiquary. Thunder and lightning. Bread spread with clot- ted cream, and treacle over it. Thunder-planet. In sultry weather they used to say, " there is a thunder planet in the air." Thurt eyed. Said of one who squints. Thumb-beam, or Thumb-bine. A twisted band of straw formed coil by coil off the thumb. Used formerly by countrymen, coiled round the legs to keep them dry. Ticketing day. A term used of the days on which tin and copper ore are sold, "upon which days at- tend the Agents for the ores to be sold, and those of various Companies who having previously sampled the ores through their Assayers, produce a sealed ticket of the price they will give for ore; and he whose ticket is highest, takes the ore on the part of the Company for whom he acts." Dr. Paris. In this way the sale of £20,000, or more, in value of ore, is often concluded in an hour or two. This system has been inpractice about 150 years.