Thick , v. t. &
i. [Cf. AS. þiccian.]
To thicken. [R.]
The nightmare Life-in-death was
she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Coleridge.
Thick (th&ibreve;k),
adv. [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 , 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 (th&ibreve;k),
a. [Compar.
Thicker (-&etilde;r); superl.
Thickest.]
[OE. thicke, AS. þicce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. þykkr, þjökkr, 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. &fist; 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.
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