Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 31

Thialdine (n.) A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.

Thialol (n.) A colorless oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.

Thibetan (a.) Of or pertaining to Thibet.

Thibetan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thibet.

Thibet cloth () A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.

Thibet cloth () A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.

Thibetian (a. & n.) Same as Thibetan.

Thible (n.) A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.

Thick (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.

Thick (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.

Thick (superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.

Thick (superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.

Thick (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.

Thick (superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.

Thick (superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.

Thick (superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.

Thick (superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.

Thick (n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

Thick (n.) A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.

Thick (adv.) Frequently; fast; quick.

Thick (adv.) Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.

Thick (adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.

Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken.

Thickbill (n.) The bullfinch.

Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicken

Thickening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thicken

Thicken (v. t.) To make thick (in any sense of the word).

Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.

Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.

Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.

Thicken (v. t.) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

Thicken (v. i.) To become thick.

Thickening (n.) Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.

Thicket (a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.

Thickhead (n.) A thick-headed or stupid person.

Thickhead (n.) Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus Pachycephala. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes.

Thick-headed (a.) Having a thick skull; stupid.

Thickish (a.) Somewhat thick.

Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.

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.) Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.

Thickset (a.) Having a short, thick body; stout.

Thickset (n.) A close or thick hedge.

Thickset (n.) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.

Thickskin (n.) A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.

Thick-skinned (a.) Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.

Thickskull (n.) A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.

Thick-skulled (a.) Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

Thick wind () A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.

Thick-winded (a.) Affected with thick wind.

Thider (adv.) Thither.

Thiderward (adv.) Thitherward.

Thieves (pl. ) of Thief

Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.

Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

Thiefly (a. & adv.) Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.

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.

Thienyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C4H3S, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.

Thieved (imp. & p. p.) of Thieve

Thieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thieve

Thieve (v. t. & i.) To practice theft; to steal.

Thievery (n.) The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.

Thievery (n.) That which is stolen.

Thievish (a.) Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.

Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.

Thievish (a.) Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.

Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

Thigh (n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.

Thilk (pron.) That same; this; that.

Thill (n.) One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

Thill (n.) The floor of a coal mine.

Thiller (n.) The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.

Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.

Thimble (n.) Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.

Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.

Thimble (n.) A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.

Thimble (n.) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.

Thimble (n.) A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing.

Thimbleberry (n.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.

Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.

Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimbleful

Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.

Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.

Thimblerigged (imp. & p. p.) of Thimblerig

Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thimblerig

Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.

Thimblerigger (n.) One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.

Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.

Thin (superl.) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

Thin (superl.) Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

Thin (superl.) Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

Thin (superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

Thin (superl.) Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

Thin (superl.) Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

Thin (superl.) Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

Thin (adv.) Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

Thinned (imp. & p. p.) of Thin

Thinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thin

Thin (v. t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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