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half-thick, a. and n. A. adj. Of half the normal thickness: see quots.
1883Almondbury & Huddersfield Gloss., Hauf-thick, when applied to bacon means half-fed, or half-fat, but if to a man, half-witted. 1884Cassell, Half-thick file, a large coarse file with one rounded and three flat sides. It is used as a rubber-file for coarse work. †B. n. A kind of cloth. Obs.
1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2914/4 Broad-Cloths, Serges half thicks, Duffils, Kerseys. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman xxvi. (1841) I. 258 Kerseys, cottons, half-thicks, duffields..in Lancashire and Westmorland. 1748De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. III. 135 Rochdale..very considerable for a Sort of coarse Goods, called Half-thicks and Kersies. |