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.
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), 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, 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), 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.
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), 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, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS.
þiccian.] To thicken. [R.]
The nightmare Life-in-death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Coleridge.
