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To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isa. xxiv. 7.

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

A horse. [Obs.] Chaucer. Thorold Rogers.

Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. [Colloq. U.S.] Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.

Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. Milton.

A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.

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

Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge. Through bolt, a bolt which passes through all the thickness or layers of that which it fastens, or…

Thoroughly. [Obs.] Bacon. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. Ps. li. 2. To dare in fields is valor; but how few Dare to be throughly valiant to be true Dryden.

Thoroughfare. [Obs.] This world is but a thurghfare full of woe. Chaucer.

to 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.

rer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll. -- Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] Crabb. -- Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. Brande & C. -- Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; t…

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

ss of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.

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.

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.