Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

            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.

Source : WordNet®

thus
     n : an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East
         African trees; formerly valued for worship and for
         embalming and fumigation [syn: {frankincense}, {olibanum},
          {gum olibanum}]
     adv 1: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or
            reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true";
            "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were
            young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we
            must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be
            trusted" [syn: {therefore}, {hence}, {thence}]
     2: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the
        pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: {thusly},
         {so}]