Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Thick-skulled

Thick″–skulled′ (?), a. Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

2162

Thick-winded

Thick″–wind′ed, a.(Far.) Affected with thick wind.

2163

Thickbill

Thick″bill′ (?), n. The bullfinch.

2164

Thicken

Thick″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Thickened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Thickening.] To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: —(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to t...

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Thicken (2)

Thick″en, v. i. To become thick. “Thy luster thickens when he shines by.” Shak.The press of people thickens to the court. Dryden.The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. ...

2166

Thickening

Thick″en‐ing, n. Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.

2167

Thicket

Thick″et (?), n. [AS. þiccet. See Thick, a.] A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. Gen. xxii. 13.

2168

Thickhead

Thick″head′ (?), n. 1. A thick-headed or stupid person.2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus Pachycephala. The males of some of the spec...

2169

Thickish

Thick″ish, a. Somewhat thick.

2170

Thickly

Thick″ly, adv. In a thick manner; deeply; closely.

2171

Thickness

Thick″ness, n. [AS. �icnes.] The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

2172

Thickset

Thick″set′ (?), a. 1. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge. Dryden.2. Having a short, thick body; stout.

2173

Thickset (2)

Thick″set′, n. 1. A close or thick hedge.2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. McElrath.

2174

Thickskin

Thick″skin′ (?), n. A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.

2175

Thickskull

Thick″skull′ (?), n. A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull. Entick.

2176

Thider

Thid″er (?), adv. Thither. Chaucer.

2177

Thiderward

Thid″er‐ward (?), adv. Thitherward.

2178

Thief

Thief (?), n.; pl.Thieves (#). [OE. thef, theef, AS. �eóf; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS. theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel. �jōfr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. �iufs, �i...

2179

Thiefly

Thief″ly, a. & adv. Like a thief; thievish; thievishly. Chaucer.

2180

Thiënone

Thi″ë‐none (?), n. [Thiënyl + ketone.] (Chem.) A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminium chloride and c...

2181

Thiënyl

Thi″ë‐nyl (?), n. [Thiophene + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical C4H3S, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.

2182

Thieve

Thieve (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Thieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Thieving.] [AS. ge�eófian.] To practice theft; to steal.

2183

Thievery

Thiev″er‐y (?), n. 1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest. South.2. That which is stolen. Shak.

2184

Thievish

Thiev″ish, a. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.Time's thievish progress to eternity...

2185

Thigh

Thigh (?), n. [OE. thi, �ih, �eh, AS. �eóh; akin to OFries. thiach, D. dij, dije, OHG. dioh, thioh, Icel. �jō thigh, rump, and probably to Lith. taukas fat of animals, tuk�i to ...

2186

Thigmotactic

Thig′mo‐tac″tic (?), a.(Physiol.) Of or pertaining to thigmotaxis.

2187

Thigmotaxis

‖Thig′mo‐tax″is (?), n.(Physiol.) The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance.☞ When the movement is ...