Category:Thick

Thick, a. [compar. Thicker; superl. Thickest.] Etym: [oe. thicke, as. Thick, icel. ,, and probably to gael. & ir. tiugh. Cf. Tight.]
 * akin to d. dik, os. thikki, ohg. dicchi thick, dense, g. dick

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.

Note: 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 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 Thick, adv. Etym: [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 Thick, v. t. & i. Etym: [cf. As. .]

Defn: to thicken. [r.] The nightmare life-in-death was she, who thicks man's blood with Cold. Coleridge.