Obs. rare. [ad. L. tūs, thūs (stem t(h)ūr-) incense: see THUS sb.: perh. immediately repr. L. thūra pl.] Incense, frankincense.
c. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, 63. Mirre, thure, mastike, ladanum. Ibid., 66. Bole armoniac, sang dracon, thure, aloe, vitriol combust.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., XI. 412. A vnce of mascul thure, Wel smellynge.
