English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Thickset (n.)

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

Thickskin (n.)

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

Thickskull (n.)

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

Thider (adv.)

Thither.

Thiderward (adv.)

Thitherward.

Thief (n.)

One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.

Thief (n.)

A waster in the snuff of a candle.

Thiefly (a. & adv.)

Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.

Thienone (n.)

A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.

Thienyl (n.)

The hypothetical radical C4H3S, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.

Thieve (v. t. & i.)

To practice theft; to steal.

Thieved (imp. & p. p.)

of Thieve

Thievery (n.)

The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.

Thievery (n.)

That which is stolen.

Thieves (pl. )

of Thief

Thieving (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Thieve

Thievish (a.)

Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.

Thievish (a.)

Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.

Thievish (a.)

Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.

Thigh (n.)

The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.