The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded
            him, so did he.                       --Gen. vi. 22.
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            Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus
      peaceble; thus bold. --Shak.
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            Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thus
    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, thus,
           so]
    2: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces
       thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus,
       thusly, so]
    n 1: 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, thus]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

68 Moby Thesaurus words for "thus":
   accordingly, after this fashion, along these lines, and so, as,
   as a consequence, as a result, as an example, as an instance,
   at what price, because of that, because of this, by what mode,
   by what name, consequently, correspondingly, either, ergo,
   exempli gratia, for example, for instance, for that,
   for that cause, for that reason, for this cause, for this reason,
   for which reason, hence, hereat, how, identically, in kind,
   in like manner, in such wise, in that way, in this way,
   in what way, just like that, just so, like, like so, like that,
   like this, likewise, on that account, on that ground,
   on this account, precisely, propter hoc, similarly, so,
   that being so, then, thence, thereat, therefor, therefore,
   thereupon, this way, this-a-way, thus and so, thus and thus,
   thusly, thuswise, to illustrate, whence, wherefore, wherefrom