Thick | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Thĭck, a.

adjective

a. [compar. THICKER; superl. THICKEST.] [A-S. thicce, O. Sax. thicci, O. Fries. thikke, Icel. thyckr, Sw. tjock, Dan. tyk, O. H. Ger. thiki, dicchi, M. H. Ger. dicke, N. H. Ger. dick, D. dik. Cf. TIGHT.]

Sense 1. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors; a thick fog.

Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.

Sense 2. 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.” W. Scott.

Sense 3. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely planted or set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.

The people were gathered thick together. Locke.

Favors came thick upon him. Wotton.

Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. Dryden.

Sense 4. Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; — said of a solid body; as, a piece of timber seven inches thick.

My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins. 1 Kings xii. 10.

Sense 5. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper.

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

Sense 7. Somewhat deaf; dull; as, thick of hearing.

Sense 8. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]

We have been thick ever since. Hughes.

☞ Thick is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-grown, thick-leaved, thick-lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like.

Synonyms—Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.

Thĭck, n.

noun

n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when any thing is thickest.

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

Sense 2. A thicket. [Obs.]

Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. Spenser.

Thick and thin, whatever is in the way, whether great or small; all obstacles or impediments.

Through thick and thin she followed him. Hudibras.

He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. Coleridge.

Thĭck, adv.

adverb

[A-S. thicce, O. H. Ger. diccho, M. H. Ger. dicke, Prov. Ger. dick.]

Frequently; fast; quick.
Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
To a great depth, or to a thicker depth than usual; as, a bed covered thick with tan; land covered thick with manure.

Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] L’Estrange.

Thick, v. i.

verbintransitive

To become thick or dense. [Obs.]

Thick, v. t.

verbtransitive

To make thick; to thicken. [Rare.] This is the nightmare Life-in-death, Who thicks men's blood with cold. Coleridge.