Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 31
Thialdine (n.) (Chem.) A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.
Thialol (n.) (Chem.) 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. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Ainsworth.
Thick (a.) 厚的；密；濃，粘稠的；混濁的，多霧的 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.
Were it as thick as is a branched oak. -- Chaucer.
My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. -- 1 Kings xii. 10.
Thick (a.) 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 (a.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
Make the gruel thick and slab. -- Shak.
Thick (a.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. "In a thick, misty day." -- Sir W. Scott.
Thick (a.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
The people were gathered thick together. -- Luke xi. 29.
Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. -- Dryden.
Thick (a.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
Thick (a.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] -- Shak.
Thick (a.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. -- Shak.
His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. -- Shak.
Thick (a.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]
We have been thick ever since. -- T. Hughes.
Note: Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying, thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like.
Thick register. (Phon.) See the Note under Register, n., 7.
Thick stuff (Naut.), All plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve. -- J. Knowles.
Syn: Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.
Thick (n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
In the thick of the dust and smoke. -- Knolles.
Thick (n.) 厚的（粗的，密的）部分；最激烈的時候[the S][（+of）] A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. -- Spenser.
He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. -- Dryden.
Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle.
Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small.
Through thick and thin she followed him. -- Hudibras.
He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. -- Coleridge.
Thick (adv.) 厚厚地；密集地；濃濃地；強烈地 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 and threefold, In quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] -- L'Estrange.
Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken. [R.]
The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. -- Coleridge.
Thick (adv.) With a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" [syn: thickly, thick] [ant: thin, thinly].
Thick (adv.) In quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn: thick, thickly].
Thick (a.) Not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets" [ant: thin].
Thick (a.) Having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair".
Thick (a.) Relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" [ant: thin].
Thick (a.) Spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: slurred, thick].
Thick (a.) Having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset].
Thick (a.) Hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: dense, thick].
Thick (a.) (Of darkness) Very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: thick, deep].
Thick (a.) (Used informally) Associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months" [syn: chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)].
Thick (a.) (Used informally) Stupid [syn: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed].
Thick (a.) Abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust".
Thick (n.) The location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" [syn: midst, thick].
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.) 灌林叢；雜木林 [C] A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. -- Gen. xxii. 13.
Thicket (n.) A dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket].
Thicket, () Multiple files output from some operation.
The term has been heard in use at Microsoft to describe the set of files output when Microsoft Word does "Save As a Web Page" or "Save as HTML". The process can result in a main XML or HTML file, a graphic file for each image in the original, a CSS file, etc.
This can be an issue as XML can be used as the default format in Office 2000, and document management systems can't yet cope with the relationship between the files in a thicket when checking in and out.
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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 (n. 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.) (Mech.) Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure. Specifically:
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.) (Naut.) 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.
Thimble (n.) As much as a thimble will hold [syn: thimble, thimbleful].
Thimble (n.) A small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container.
Thimbleberry (n.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.
Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Thimblefuls (n. pl. ) of Thimbleful.
Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
Thimblerig (n.) 隱豆戲法 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.) 變隱豆戲法，欺騙 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.
Thimblerig (n.) 隱豆戲法 A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under [syn: {shell game}, {thimblerig}].
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 (a.) 薄的，細的，瘦的，稀疏的，稀薄的，淡的，弱的，空洞的 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 (a.) Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
Thin (a.) 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 (a.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
Thin (a.) Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
Thin (a.) Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
Thin (a.) 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.) 使變薄，使變細 To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).