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Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray.

broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727- 88).

A shelter. [Obs]. Spenser.

nkpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] Blackstone.

A harbor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.

Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim. Milton.

Badly wrought. Bacon.

Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.

A penstock.

An under constable. Shak. Johnson.

Through. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.

A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.

Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building. Gwilt.

Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like. -- n.

A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street. A large and splendid thoroughfare. Motley.

Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.

In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.