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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thing  \Thing\,  Ting  \Ting\,  n.  [Dan.  thing  ting,  Norw.  ting,  or 
  Sw  ting.] 
  In  Scandinavian  countries,  a  legislative  or  judicial 
  assembly;  --  used  esp.  in  composition,  in  titles  of  such 
  bodies.  See  {Legislature},  Norway. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thing  \Thing\  (th[i^]ng),  n.  [AS.  [thorn]ing  a  thing  cause 
  assembly,  judicial  assembly;  akin  to  [thorn]ingan  to 
  negotiate,  [thorn]ingian  to  reconcile,  conciliate,  D.  ding  a 
  thing  OS  thing  thing  assembly,  judicial  assembly,  G.  ding 
  a  thing  formerly  also  an  assembly,  court,  Icel.  [thorn]ing 
  a  thing  assembly,  court,  Sw  &  Dan.  ting;  perhaps  originally 
  used  of  the  transaction  of  or  before  a  popular  assembly,  or 
  the  time  appointed  for  such  an  assembly;  cf  G.  dingen  to 
  bargain,  hire,  MHG.  dingen  to  hold  court,  speak  before  a 
  court,  negotiate,  Goth.  [thorn]eihs  time,  perhaps  akin  to  L. 
  tempus  time.  Cf  {Hustings},  and  {Temporal}  of  time.] 
  1.  Whatever  exists,  or  is  conceived  to  exist,  as  a  separate 
  entity,  whether  animate  or  inanimate;  any  separable  or 
  distinguishable  object  of  thought. 
 
  God  made  .  .  .  every  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
  earth  after  his  kind  --Gen.  i.  25. 
 
  He  sent  after  this  manner;  ten  asses  laden  with  the 
  good  things  of  Egypt.  --Gen.  xiv. 
  23. 
 
  A  thing  of  beauty  is  a  joy  forever.  --Keats. 
 
  2.  An  inanimate  object,  in  distinction  from  a  living  being 
  any  lifeless  material. 
 
  Ye  meads  and  groves,  unconscious  things!  --Cowper. 
 
  3.  A  transaction  or  occurrence;  an  event;  a  deed. 
 
  [And  Jacob  said]  All  these  things  are  against  me 
  --Gen.  xlii 
  36. 
 
  Which  if  ye  tell  me  I  in  like  wise  will  tell  you  by 
  what  authority  I  do  these  things  --Matt.  xxi. 
  24. 
 
  4.  A  portion  or  part  something 
 
  Wicked  men  who  understand  any  thing  of  wisdom. 
  --Tillotson. 
 
  5.  A  diminutive  or  slighted  object;  any  object  viewed  as 
  merely  existing;  --  often  used  in  pity  or  contempt. 
 
  See  sons,  what  things  you  are!  --Shak. 
 
  The  poor  thing  sighed,  and  .  .  .  turned  from  me 
  --Addison. 
 
  I'll  be  this  abject  thing  no  more  --Granville. 
 
  I  have  a  thing  in  prose.  --Swift. 
 
  6.  pl  Clothes;  furniture;  appurtenances;  luggage;  as  to 
  pack  or  store  one's  things  [Colloq.] 
 
  Note:  Formerly,  the  singular  was  sometimes  used  in  a  plural 
  or  collective  sense 
 
  And  them  she  gave  her  moebles  and  her  thing 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Note:  Thing  was  used  in  a  very  general  sense  in  Old  English, 
  and  is  still  heard  colloquially  where  some  more 
  definite  term  would  be  used  in  careful  composition. 
 
  In  the  garden  [he]  walketh  to  and  fro,  And  hath 
  his  things  [i.  e.,  prayers,  devotions]  said  full 
  courteously.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Hearkening  his  minstrels  their  things  play. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  7.  (Law)  Whatever  may  be  possessed  or  owned;  a  property;  -- 
  distinguished  from  person. 
 
  8.  [In  this  sense  pronounced  t[i^]ng.]  In  Scandinavian 
  countries,  a  legislative  or  judicial  assembly. 
  --Longfellow. 
 
  {Things  personal}.  (Law)  Same  as  {Personal  property},  under 
  {Personal}. 
 
  {Things  real}.  Same  as  {Real  property},  under  {Real}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thing 
  n  1:  a  special  situation;  "this  thing  has  got  to  end";  "it  is  a 
  remarkable  thing" 
  2:  an  action  "how  could  you  do  such  a  thing?" 
  3:  an  artifact;  "how  does  this  thing  work?" 
  4:  an  event:  "a  funny  thing  happened  on  the  way  to  the..." 
  5:  a  statement  regarded  as  an  object;  "to  say  the  same  thing  in 
  other  terms"  or  "how  can  you  say  such  a  thing?" 
  6:  any  attribute  or  quality  considered  as  having  its  own 
  existence:  "the  thing  I  like  about  her  is  ..." 
  7:  a  special  abstraction;  "a  thing  of  the  spirit";  "things  of 
  the  heart" 
  8:  a  vaguely  specified  concern;  "several  matters  to  attend  to"; 
  "it  is  none  of  your  affair";  "things  are  going  well" 
  [syn:  {matter},  {affair}] 
  9:  an  entity  that  is  not  named  specifically;  "I  couldn't  tell 
  what  the  thing  was" 
  10:  a  special  objective:  "the  thing  is  to  stay  in  bounds" 
  11:  a  persistent  illogical  feeling  of  desire  or  aversion:  "he 
  has  a  thing  about  seafood";  "she  has  a  thing  about  him" 




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