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thatch |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thatch \Thatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thatched}; p. pr & vb n. {Thatching}.] [From {Thatch}, n.: cf OE thecchen AS ?eccean to cover.] To cover with or with a roof of straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS [thorn][ae]c a roof; akin to [thorn]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [thorn]ak a roof, Sw tak, Dan. tag, Lith. st[=o]gas, Ir teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr ?, ?, a roof, ? to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf {Deck}, {Integument}, {Tile}, {Toga}.] 1. Straw, rushes, or the like used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. 2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. {Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thatch n 1: hair resembling thatched roofing material 2: plant stalks used as roofing material 3: an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) [syn: {Teach}, {Edward Teach}, {Thatch}, {Edward Thatch}, {Blackbeard}] 4: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) [syn: {thatched roof}] v : cover with thatch; of roofs
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