thicking
present participle of thick
Source: Wiktionary
Thick, a. [Compar. Thicker; superl. Thickest.] Etym: [OE. thicke, AS. ; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. , , and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf. Tight.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness. Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] Shak.
8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. Shak. His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. Shak.
9. 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.
1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. In the thick of the dust and smoke. Knolles.
2. 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. Etym: [AS. þicce.]
1. Frequently; fast; quick.
2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
3. 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. Etym: [Cf. AS. .]
Definition: To thicken. [R.] The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 February 2025
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