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.
2. (Dairies)
(a) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the
whey.
(b) pl. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out
of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is
sometimes made. [Written also {thrutchthings}.] [Prov.
Eng.]
{Thrusting screw}, the screw of a screw press, as for
pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]