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Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- Soak"ing*ly, adv.

To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly. Although I be well soused in this shower. Gascoigne.

To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.

To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge. The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul. Barrow.

To beat thoroughly or severely. [Obs.] Layamon.

To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.

Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.

To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.

Thoroughly stripped; pillaged. [Obs.] Shak.

fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split. [Spelt also ufer.] [Eng.] Gwilt.

Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.

to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly. Lot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere. Gen. xiii. 10. WE are wellable to overcome it. Num. xiii. 30. She looketh well to the ways of her household. Prov. xxxi. 27. Servant of God, w…

Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.