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THICK-KNEE n.
A stone curlew. See under Stone.
THICK-SKINNED a.
Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse. Holland.
THICK-SKULLED a.
Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
THICK-WINDED a.
Affected with thick wind.
THICKBILL n.
The bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
THICKEN v. 6 definitions
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: --
THICKENING n.
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
THICKET n.
A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. Gen. xxii. 13.
THICKHEAD n. 2 definitions
A thick-headed or stupid person. [Colloq.]
THICKISH a.
Somewhat thick.
THICKLY adv.
In a thick manner; deeply; closely.
THICKNESS n.
The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
THICKSET a. 4 definitions
Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge. Dryden.
THICKSKIN n.
A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.
THICKSKULL n.
A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull. Entick.
THIDER adv.
Thither. [Obs.] Chaucer.
THIDERWARD adv.
Thitherward. [Obs.]
THIEF n. 2 definitions
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft. There came a privy thief, men clepeth death. Chaucer. Where thieves break through and steal. Matt. vi. 19.
THIEFLY a.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
THIENONE n.
A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.
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