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Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.] Bacon.

learn their business secretly, And then inform his master hastily. Spenser. I am informed thoroughky of the cause. Shak.

Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. -- Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.

Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. South.

the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. "Involved in a deep study." Sir W. Scott.

Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.] I shall desire to know him more inwardly. Beau. & Fl.

To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired. If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep. Mortimer.

To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.

le. Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. Locke.

Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. "A wise and masterly inactivity." Sir J. Mackintosh.

cles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A thorough inquiry of search. [R.] Berkeley.

A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. Carlyle

To investigate thoroughly. [Obs.]

Thorough investigation. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.]