The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thrift \Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See Thrive.]
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A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.
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Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. ``Your thrift is gone full clean.''
--Chaucer.I have a mind presages me such thrift.
--Shak. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
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(Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.
Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.
Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various plants in the genus ''Armeria''; a thrift. 2 The flowering plant (taxlink Sabatia stellaris species noshow=1).
WordNet
n. tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover [syn: cliff rose, Armeria maritima]
Wikipedia
Sea pink is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Armeria spp.
- Sabatia stellaris