Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Thus

Thus , noun

[Latin 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.

Thus (tus) , adverb

[Old English thus, Anglo-Saxon eus; akin to OFries. & Old Saxon thus, Dutch dus, and English that; compare Old High German 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. — Shakespeare
Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. — Milton