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Thick [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Dense; not thin; as thick vapors; a thick fog.

2. Inspissated; as, the paint is too thick

3. Turbid; muddy; feculent; not clear; as, the water of a river is thick after a rain.

4. Noting the diameter of a body; as a piece of timber seven inches thick

5. My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 1 Kings 12:10 .

6. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; as a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper.

7. Close; crowded with trees or other objects; as a thick forest or wood; thick grass; thick corn.

8. The people were gathered thick together.

9. Frequent; following each other in quick succession. The shot flew thick as hail.

10. Favors came thick upon him.

11. Not thicker billows beat the Libyan main.

12. Set with things close to each other; not easily pervious.

13. Black was the forest, thick with beech it stood.

14. Not having due distinction of syllables or good articulation; as a thick utterance.

15. He speaks too thick

16. Dull; somewhat deaf; as thick of hearing.

Thick [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Frequently; fast.

2. I hear the trampling of thick beating feet.

3. Closely; as a plat of ground thick sown.

4. To a great depth, or to a thicker depth than usual; as a bed covered thick with tan; land covered thick with manure.and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Not in use.]

Thick [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

2. In the thick of the dust and smoke he presently entered his men.

3. A thicket. [Not in use.]

4. THICK and thin, whatever is in the way.

5. Through thick and thin she follow'd him.

Thick [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To become thick or dense. [Not used.]

Thick [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.

Thick [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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.

4. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.

5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.

6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.

7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.

8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.

9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar.

Thick [Verb transitive and intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To thicken.

Thick wind Webster's Dictionary 1913

A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.

Thick-headed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a thick skull; stupid.

Thick-knee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A stone curlew. See under Stone.

Thick-skinned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.

Thick-skulled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

Thick-winded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Affected with thick wind.

Thickbill [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The bullfinch.

Thicken [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. thik'n. To become thick or more thick; to become dense; as, the fog thickens.

2. To become dark or obscure.

3. Thy luster thickens

4. When he shines by.

5. To concrete; to be consolidated; as, the juices of plants thicken into wood.

6. To be inspissated; as, vegetable juices thicken as the more volatile parts are evaporated.

7. To become close, or more close or numerous.

8. The press of people thickens to the court.

9. To become quick and animated.

10. The combat thickens.

11. To become more numerous; to press; to be crowded. Proofs of the fact thicken upon us at every step.

Thicken [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. thik'n. To make thick or dense.

2. To make close; to fill up interstices; as, to thicken cloth.

3. To make concrete; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint, mortar or a liquid.

4. To strengthen; to confirm.

5. And this may help to thicken other proofs. [Not used.]

6. To make frequent, or more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

7. To make close, or more close; to make more numerous; as, to thicken the ranks.

Thicken [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To become thick.

Thicken [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make thick (in any sense of the word).

2. To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.

3. To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.

4. To strengthen; to confirm.

5. To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

Thickened [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Made dense, or more dense; made more close or compact; made more frequent; inspissated.

Thickened [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Thickening [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Something put into a liquid or mass to make it more thick.

Thickening [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Making dense or more dense, more close, or more frequent; inspissating.

Thickening [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.

Thickening [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Thicket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set; as a ram caught in a thicket Genesis 22:13 .

Thicket [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.

Thickhead [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A thick-headed or stupid person.

2. 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.

Thickheaded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having a thick skull; dull; stupid.

Thickish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Somewhat thick.

Thickish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Somewhat thick.

Thickly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Deeply; to great depth.

2. Closely; compactly.

3. In quick succession.

Thickly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a thick manner; deeply; closely.

Thickness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state of being thick; denseness; density; as the thickness of fog, vapor or clouds.

2. The state of being concrete or inspissated; consistence; spissitude; as the thickness of paint or mortar; the thickness of honey; the thickness of the blood.

3. The extent of a body from side to side, or from surface to surface; as the thickness of a tree; the thickness of a board; the thickness of the hand; the thickness of a layer of earth.

4. Closeness of the parts; the state of being crowded or near; as the thickness of trees in a forest; the thickness of a wood.

5. The state of being close, dense or impervious; as the thickness of shades.

6. Dullness of the sense of hearing; want of quickness or acuteness; as thickness of hearing.

Thickness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Thickset [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Close planted; as a thickset wood.

2. Having a short thick body.

Thickset [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.

2. Having a short, thick body; stout.

Thickset [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A close or thick hedge.

2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.

Thickskin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A coarse gross person; a blockhead.

Thickskin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.

Thickskull [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Dullness; or a dull person; a blockhead.

Thickskull [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.

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Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Exodus 8:24

And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

Exodus 10:22

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

Exodus 19:9

And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

Exodus 19:16

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Leviticus 23:40

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

Deuteronomy 4:11

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

Deuteronomy 5:22

These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

2 Samuel 1:25

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

2 Samuel 18:9

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

2 Samuel 22:12

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

1 Kings 7:6

And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.

1 Kings 7:26

And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

1 Kings 8:12

Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

2 Kings 8:15

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 4:5

And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.