Thou"sand (?), n. [OE. þousend,
þusend, AS. þūsend; akin to OS.
thūsundig, thūsind, OFries. thusend, D.
duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tūsunt,
dūsunt, Icel. þūsund,
þūshund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind,
Goth. þūsundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ.
tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.] 1. The number
of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred
units or objects.
2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand.
Ps. xci. 7.
&fist; The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note
under Hundred.
3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as,
1,000, M or CI&Crev;.
Thou"sand, a. 1.
Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
2. Hence, consisting of a great number
indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares."
Shak.
Thou"sand (?), n. [OE. þousend,
þusend, AS. þūsend; akin to OS.
thūsundig, thūsind, OFries. thusend, D.
duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tūsunt,
dūsunt, Icel. þūsund,
þūshund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind,
Goth. þūsundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ.
tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.] 1. The number
of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred
units or objects.
2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand.
Ps. xci. 7.
&fist; The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note
under Hundred.
3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as,
1,000, M or CI&Crev;.
Thou"sand, a. 1.
Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
2. Hence, consisting of a great number
indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares."
Shak.
