Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thus \Thus\, n. [L. thus, better tus, frankincense. See
{Thurible}.]
The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the
Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thus \Thus\ ([th]us), adv. [OE. thus, AS. [eth]us; 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thus
n : an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East
African trees; formerly valued for worship and for
embalming and fumigation [syn: {frankincense}, {olibanum},
{gum olibanum}]
adv 1: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or
reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true";
"the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were
young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we
must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be
trusted" [syn: {therefore}, {hence}, {thence}]
2: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the
pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: {thusly},
{so}]
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