Thus (&thlig;us), adv.
[OE. thus, AS. ðus; 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.
||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.
Hear it pronounced