tarry ADJ tarry means the colour of tar or black his tarry pig-tail (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

thereof PHRASE from there By all desires which thereof did ensue (On His Mistress by John Donne)

thick with, be PHRASE if you are “thick with someone” you are very close, sharing secrets – it is often used to describe people who are planning something secret Hasn’t he been thick with Mr Heathcliff lately? (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)

thimble NOUN a thimble is a small cover used to protect the finger while sewing The paper had been sealed in several places by a thimble (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

thirtover ADJ thirtover is an old word which means obstinate or that someone is very determined to do want they want and can not be persuaded to do something in another way I have been living on in a thirtover, lackadaisical way (Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy)

timbrel NOUN timbrel is a tambourine What pipes and timbrels? (Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats)

tin NOUN tin is slang for money/cash Then the plain question is, an’t it a pity that this state of things should continue, and how much better would it be for the old gentleman to hand over a reasonable amount of tin, and make it all right and comfortable (The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens)

tincture NOUN a tincture is a medicine made with alcohol and a small amount of a drug with ink composed of a cephalic tincture (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

tithe NOUN a tithe is a tax paid to the church and held farms which, speaking from a spiritual point of view, paid highly-desirable tithes (Silas Marner by George Eliot)

towardly ADJ a towardly child is dutiful or obedient and a towardly child (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

toys NOUN trifles are things which are considered to have little importance, value, or significance purchase my life from them bysome bracelets, glass rings, and other toys (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

tract NOUN a tract is a religious pamphlet or leaflet and Joe Harper got a hymn-book and a tract (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

train-oil NOUN train-oil is oil from whale blubber The train-oil and gunpowder were shoved out of sight in a minute (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)

tribulation NOUN tribulation means the suffering or difficulty you experience in a particular situation Amy was learning this distinction through much tribulation (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)

trivet NOUN a trivet is a three-legged stand for resting a pot or kettle a pocket-knife in his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)