From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded
him, so did he. --Gen. vi. 22.
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Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth.
--Milton.
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2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus
peaceble; thus bold. --Shak.
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Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. --Milton.
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