\Thrift\, n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in
   regard to property; frugality.
         The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove
         very good husbands.                   --Spenser.
2. 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.
3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
4. (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.