† thickyadj.
Obsolete.
Of a thick nature; inclined to be thick.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > thick (of clouds)
thicky1587
filthya1616
solid1807
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > intensely dark > thick or dense (of night or darkness)
thicka900
close1532
thicky1587
grossa1592
murky1814
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > crowded
thickc893
replete?a1475
frequentc1540
throng1557
thicky1587
thronged1605
celebrious1611
crowded1612
stiff1683
swarming1810
multitudinous1820
throngful1830
dense1842
swarmy1858
teeminga1873
swarmed1885
mobbed1898
1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. L1 Since Ceres first these thickie groues pursued.
1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 10 It was neere a thickie shade, That broad leaues of Beach had made.
1598 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Plutarch De Curiositate in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) iv. 26 Fly thou this darke and thikky mysty folded Cloude.
c1868 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 211 And light us, Lord, with Thy day-break. Beat from our brains the thicky night And fill the world up with delight.
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