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(1):

(n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; - a word much used as a term of fencing.

(2):

(n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

(3):

(v. t.) To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

(4):

(v. t.) To stab; to pierce; - usually with through.

(5):

(n. & v.) Thrist.

(6):

(imp. & p. p.) of Thrust

(7):

(n.) An attack; an assault.

(8):

(v. i.) To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.

(9):

(v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

(10):

(v. i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

(11):

(n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thrust'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/thrust.html. 1828.
 
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