thighn.

Brit.

/θʌɪ/, U.S.

/θaɪ/

Forms: see below.

Etymology: Old English þíoh, þéoh, Anglian þéh = Old Frisian thiach, neuter, Old Low German *thioh, Old Dutch thio (Middle Dutch dië, diege, dieghe, dijge, Dutch dij), Old Norse þjó, Old High German dioh (Middle High German diech) < Old Germanic *þeuh-o^m, < Indo-European ablaut-series *teuk-, tauk-, tuk-; compare Lithuanian taukas, Old Church Slavonic tukŭ, Russian tuk^u fat of animals, Lithuanian tukti to become fat. The regular representative of Old English þéoh was Middle English þeh, þeȝ, þee, which still remains as thee in Scots and northern dialect; but in the 12–13th cent. þeȝ became narrowed to þiȝ, thigh (as heȝ, neȝ, deȝen became hiȝ, niȝ, diȝen, high, nigh, die).

a. The upper part of the leg, from the hip to the knee (in man).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > thigh > [noun]

thighc725

merus1797

α. Old English théoh, þéoh, þíoh ( ðeeoh, þyoh), Anglian thegh, Old English–Middle English þeh, þeo, Middle English þeȝ, Middle English þe, Middle English þee, thegh, Middle English–1500s they, the, Middle English þeie, theȝe, theiȝe; Middle English–1600s (Scottish and northern 1800s–) thee. Plural Old English þéoh, Middle English þeȝ, Middle English– þeos, etc.

c725 Corpus Gloss. (O.E.T.) 556 Coxa, thegh.

a800 Erfurt Gloss. 295 Theoh.

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. vii. §1 Hy crupon þæm mannum betuh þa þeoh.

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care lvi. 433 Be his ðio.

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 130 Wund on oðrum þeo.

c1000 Lorica Gl. in Sax. Leechd. I. Pref. 70 Ðeeoh, bathma.

c1000 Lorica Gl. in Sax. Leechd. I. Pref. 74 Ðyoh.

c1000 Lorica Gl. in Sax. Leechd. I. 78 gif men his ðeoh acen.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8079 Fet. & þeos To bollenn.

c1250 Hymn to God 24 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 258 Bind him honden, fet, & þeȝ.

c1275 Laȝamon Brut 30581 He cutte his owe þeh.

a1300 Havelok 1903 He broken shankes, he broken thes.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xliv. 4 With þi swerd abouen þi thee.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3941 Þe maister sinu of his the.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1525 In his the þar was a byle.

c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 430 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 59 Vpwart til his theis.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 177 Woundid in the thegh.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 750/28 Hoc femur, a they.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. [vii.] 56 Ane Gregioun swerd doun by his thee.

1817 Lintoun Green in R. Brown Comic Poems Errata 168 The miller..stands Wi' his untheeked thees.

a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 71 I wade the ditches to the thees.

β. Middle English þih, Middle English þi, þy, Middle English þiȝ, þiȝe, þigh(e, þyghe, þyhe, thyȝe, Middle English–1500s þie, þye, thie, Middle English–1500s thy, thyghe, Middle English–1600s thye, 1500s thighe, Scottish thich, 1500s– thigh. Plural Middle English þih; Middle English–1500s þyes, etc.; 1500s– thighs.11.. Fragm. Ælfric's Gram. (1838) 2 Femur vel coxa, þih.c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 211 Þih and shonkes and fet.c1275 Passion Our Lord 490 in Old Eng. Misc. 51 Þat heore þyes beon to-broken.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 143 Þe knyȝtis broken not Cristis þies.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 425 As hit were a manis þyghe.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 203 Somme haueþ þighes with oute hammes.a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxv. 337 Þi boþe þhiȝes.a1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. 4921 + 110 (Harl.) A gret pece of ys owe þy [v.rr. þiȝ, þiȝe, thyȝe, þye] he kerf out wyþ a knyf.1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xiii He..hytte hym on the thye.?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Biv The thighe, la cuisse.1545 T. Scalon Treat. Astron. (Ashm. 391) f. 1 Mars the hed, Sol the thyg[h]es or hamme.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg3 The wicked steele stayd not, till it did light In his left thigh.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 125 His thich bane is brokne.1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 114 Be his naikit thies [ed. 2 Thyis].?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xviii. 105 Through his thin Garment, what a Thigh he showes.1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. x. 218 Hereward..owned..no mistress save the sword on his thigh.

†b. The part of a garment covering the thigh.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > other

breasta1486

thigh1533

leg1558

belly1600

instepc1615

knee1662

belly-piece1689

legging1738

wrist1803

bust1808

midriff1941

1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 184 To draw the theis of the saidis gray hois.

1550 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 405 Theis of hose.

2. In lower vertebrate animals, The part of the hind leg which is homologous with the human thigh, or which is popularly regarded as corresponding to it in position or shape; in certain quadrupeds, as the horse, applied to the tibia; in birds to the tarsus; hence in insects, etc., the third section of the leg.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fore limb or leg > thigh

thigha1300

a1300 Thrush & Nightingale 68 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 53 Fowel, me thinketh thou art les, They thou be milde and softe of thes.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 355 Liche to mares wiþ white legges up to þe þiȝes.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/2 Thy, lymme of a beeste, femur.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B3 Each Bee with Hony laden to the thye.

1737 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 66 For a thigh of beefe for the hawks £0. 1. 1.

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 374 The posterior thighs are strongly inflated in one of the sexes, where the antennæ are usually long and smaller at the extremity.

1866 W. B. Hawkins Artistic Anat. Horse 23 The bones of the leg (‘thigh’ of horsemen) are the tibia and fibula.

3. transferred e.g. the stem of a plant, the lower trunk of a tree, the lower slopes of a mountain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun]

stealc700

stemc888

spirea1000

stalka1366

caulc1420

codd?1440

stalec1440

thighc1440

shank1513

pipe?1523

start?1523

spindle1577

leg1597

scape1601

haulm1623

caulicle1657

culm1657

thyrse1658

scapus1704

stemlet1838

stam1839

caulis1861

caulome1875

tige1900

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stem, trunk, or bole > lower trunk

thigh1759

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > area at foot of

skirt1598

piedmont1860

thigh1889

pediment1897

pediment pass1930

pediplane1942

peripediment1942

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 255 About his thegh let no thyng growyng be, But if hit axe to be reuocate.

1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 632 Ribs, like what we call the thighs of certain trees.

1889 C. Edwardes Sardinia 232 The burly thighs of [mount] Gennargentu as an impenetrable barrier between us and the south.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

thigh-ache n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in thigh

thigh-ache1597

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 6 Læcedomas wiþ þeohece.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 655 Thighache, anoint with sheepes doung and Vineger often.

thigh-joint n.

thigh-muscle n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of leg

gracilis1615

quadriceps1618

peroneus1638

bicepsa1641

gastrocnemius1676

soleus1676

popliteus1688

sartorius1704

peroneus brevis1707

obturator muscle1726

tailor's muscle1728

subcrureus1793

thigh-muscle1899

quad1958

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 191 The knee-jerk is uniformly absent when the thigh-muscles are paralysed.

thigh-percussion-sound n.

ΚΠ

1853 W. O. Markham tr. J. Skoda Treat. Auscultation 10 The completely empty percussion-sound—the thigh-percussion-sound—heard at any yielding part of the walls of the thorax, or the abdomen.

thigh-socket n.

thigh-wound n.

thigh-slapping n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > types of item

speciality1873

showstopping1917

thigh-slapping1932

supporting1947

1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 216 [Meredith] overdoes the pith and the sap; the fist-shaking and the thigh-slapping.

1979 Dance Mag. Feb. 32/3 ‘Lovesick Blues’ unexpectedly serves as the up-beat, thigh-slapping finale.

thigh-born n.

ΚΠ

1613 J. Taylor Heauens Blessing sig. D3^v His braine-bred daughter, and his thigh borne sonne.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 7 Bacchus the thigh-born Infant.

thigh-deep adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth

deepOE

knee-deep1535

ankle-deep1597

waist-deep1763

shoe-deep1773

thigh-deep1851

yard-deep-

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xviii. 305 We stood thigh-deep in the gathering flood.

thigh-fraughted adj.

ΚΠ

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 87 When the thigh-fraughted Bee gathered her thyme.

thigh-high adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific

waist high1600

knee-high1742

mast-high1798

shoulder-high1837

horse-high1859

thigh-high1893

stride-high1906

treetop1945

1893 Scribner's Mag. June 734/1 Bamboo grass, thigh-high.

thigh-long adj.

C2.

† thigh-belly-less adj. Obsolete having neither thighs nor belly (nonce-word).

ΚΠ

1630 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion (rev. ed.) 52 Thigh-Bellilesse, most gastlie to the sight.

thigh-boot n. a boot with uppers reaching to the thigh.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > reaching to hip or thigh

thigh-boot1841

hip boot1853

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxiv. 309 Great thigh-boots smoked hot with grease and blood.

thigh-hole n. † (a) the groin (obsolete); (b) a hole for the thigh in bathing-drawers or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > groin or crotch > [noun]

shareeOE

liskc1175

forchure13..

cleftc1325

fouchc1330

grainsa1400

swange?a1400

groin14..

thigh-holec1425

twist1572

crotcha1592

fork1608

cleaving1632

inguen1679

crutch-

c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 11 Þe armeholes, þe þeholes, þe chawellez, &c.

thigh-length adj. (of a garment, boot, etc.) extending down or up to the thigh.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length

foot-sideOE

sideOE

long-side1575

sidelong1575

nock-shorn1632

talarian1671

three-quarter1713

overknee1831

talaric1853

high water1856

ankle-length1876

long1882

hip-length1893

knee-length1895

thigh-length1895

fingertip1920

mid-calf1931

wrist-length1935

floor-length1939

cropped1954

waltz-length1958

two-thirds1963

calf-length1965

midi1968

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 483/3 Horsehide leggings, either ‘knee’ or ‘thigh’ lengths.

1979 S. Smith Survivor xvii. 177 I wore a thigh-length Indian-print chemise.

thigh lift n. a dance movement or gymnastic exercise in which the thigh is raised; the lifting of the thigh in this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions

vaulting1531

cross-step1728

still-vaulting1854

roll1858

trampolining1867

planche1878

handstand1890

rollover1891

trapezing1894

press1901

straddle1905

kip1909

upstart1909

headstand1915

round-off1917

neck-roll1920

undergrip1920

pike1928

swivel hips1943

thigh lift1949

overswing1955

shoulder stand1956

stand1956

floor exercise1957

squat1959

turnaround1959

salto1972

Tsukahara1972

society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > specific movements

gambol1509

gamond?a1513

frisco?1520

brawl1521

frisk1525

friscal1570

goat's jump1589

caper1592

capriole1596

capering1598

amble1607

friscado1634

rising1694

sink1706

moulinet1785

ballon1828

toeing1871

bump1931

heel turn1933

partnering1939

grind1946

shake1946

thigh lift1949

cambré1952

1949 G. Shurr & R. D. Yocom Mod. Dance v. 113 Do not allow body to tip forward on thigh lift.

c1973 J. Cholerton Acrobatic Section Syllabus (Assoc. Amer. Dancing) (ed. 6) 2 Thigh Lifts.—sit: legs straight in front—hands on the floor behind, lean slightly back.

thigh-piece n. (†the-pess) a piece of armour for the thigh.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > for thighs

cuissesc1330

quisserc1330

tuillea1470

thigh-piece1488

flancard1490

taslets1507

quishes1548

tasses1548

cussans1572

tassets1834

tuillette1869

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 265 On the the-pes a felloun strak him gaiff.

1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 322 Arm-plates, thigh-pieces, greaves for the legs.

thigh roll n. a roll of padding on a saddle, designed to prevent the girths from slipping backwards and to support the rider's legs in jumping and dressage.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle

saddle-boweOE

arsonc1300

saddle skirt1361

saddle-tree1364

skirtc1400

saddle panel1465

stock-tree1470

stock1497

pommela1500

tree1535

pillion cloth1540

port1548

saddle stock1548

pilch1552

bolster1591

cantle1591

shank-pilliona1599

pillowc1600

pad1604

crutch1607

sivet1607

saddle crutcha1614

saddle eaves1663

saddle tore1681

burr1688

head1688

narve1688

saddle seat1688

sidebar1688

torea1694

quarter1735

bands of a saddle1753

witherband1764

withers1764

peak1775

pillion-stick1784

boot-housing1792

saddle flap1798

saddle lap1803

fork1833

flap1849

horn1849

skirting1852

hunting-horn1854

head-plate1855

saddle horn1856

cantle bar1859

leaping-horn1859

straining1871

stirrup-bar1875

straining-leather1875

spring tree1877

leaping-head1881

officer-tree1894

monkey1911

monkey-strap1915

thigh roll1963

straining-web-

1963 E. H. Edwards Saddlery xiv. 101 The Continental panel is similar, but with..the addition of a thigh roll at the rear... The thigh roll is rarely evident to the rider unless it is very heavily stuffed, and its real use is to prevent the girth straps moving back off the flap.

1976 Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 31 (advt.) Colombo the unique jumping saddle... The exterior thigh roll is an unusual but effective feature.

thigh-slapper n. colloquial an exceptionally funny joke, description, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > uproariously funny

side-splitter1834

gut-buster1929

boff1945

boffola1946

thigh-slapper1965

knee-slapper1966

1965 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Sept. 14/4 The thigh-slapper..the President got off to reporters when Lynda Bird showed up in a billowy muu-muu dress.

thigh-tongue n. see quot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of elk or eland

thigh-tongue1812

wapiti1884

1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 97 The great muscle of the thigh [of the eland] smoked... These..from the resemblance they then bear to bullocks' tongues, are called thigh tongues.

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单词	thigh
释义	thighn. Brit. /θʌɪ/, U.S. /θaɪ/ Forms: see below. Etymology: Old English þíoh, þéoh, Anglian þéh = Old Frisian thiach, neuter, Old Low German thioh, Old Dutch thio* (Middle Dutch dië, diege, dieghe, dijge, Dutch dij), Old Norse þjó, Old High German dioh (Middle High German diech) < Old Germanic þeuh-o^m, < Indo-European ablaut-series teuk-, tauk-, tuk-; compare Lithuanian taukas, Old Church Slavonic tukŭ, Russian tuk^u fat of animals, Lithuanian tukti to become fat. The regular representative of Old English þéoh was Middle English þeh, þeȝ, þee, which still remains as thee in Scots and northern dialect; but in the 12–13th cent. þeȝ became narrowed to þiȝ, thigh (as heȝ, neȝ, deȝen became hiȝ, niȝ, diȝen, high, nigh, die). 1. a. The upper part of the leg, from the hip to the knee (in man). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > thigh > [noun] thighc725 merus1797 α. Old English théoh, þéoh, þíoh ( ðeeoh, þyoh), Anglian thegh, Old English–Middle English þeh, þeo, Middle English þeȝ, Middle English þe, Middle English þee, thegh, Middle English–1500s they, the, Middle English þeie, theȝe, theiȝe; Middle English–1600s (Scottish and northern 1800s–) thee. Plural Old English þéoh, Middle English þeȝ, Middle English– þeos, etc. c725 Corpus Gloss. (O.E.T.) 556 Coxa, thegh. a800 Erfurt Gloss. 295 Theoh. c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. vii. §1 Hy crupon þæm mannum betuh þa þeoh. c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care lvi. 433 Be his ðio. a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 130 Wund on oðrum þeo. c1000 Lorica Gl. in Sax. Leechd. I. Pref. 70 Ðeeoh, bathma. c1000 Lorica Gl. in Sax. Leechd. I. Pref. 74 Ðyoh. c1000 Lorica Gl. in Sax. Leechd. I. 78 gif men his ðeoh acen. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8079 Fet. & þeos To bollenn. c1250 Hymn to God 24 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 258 Bind him honden, fet, & þeȝ. c1275 Laȝamon Brut 30581 He cutte his owe þeh. a1300 Havelok 1903 He broken shankes, he broken thes. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xliv. 4 With þi swerd abouen þi thee. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3941 Þe maister sinu of his the. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1525 In his the þar was a byle. c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 430 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 59 Vpwart til his theis. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 177 Woundid in the thegh. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 750/28 Hoc femur, a they. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. [vii.] 56 Ane Gregioun swerd doun by his thee. 1817 Lintoun Green in R. Brown Comic Poems Errata 168 The miller..stands Wi' his untheeked thees. a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 71 I wade the ditches to the thees. β. Middle English þih, Middle English þi, þy, Middle English þiȝ, þiȝe, þigh(e, þyghe, þyhe, thyȝe, Middle English–1500s þie, þye, thie, Middle English–1500s thy, thyghe, Middle English–1600s thye, 1500s thighe, Scottish thich, 1500s– thigh. Plural Middle English þih; Middle English–1500s þyes, etc.; 1500s– thighs.11.. Fragm. Ælfric's Gram. (1838) 2 Femur vel coxa, þih.c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 211 Þih and shonkes and fet.c1275 Passion Our Lord 490 in Old Eng. Misc. 51 Þat heore þyes beon to-broken.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 143 Þe knyȝtis broken not Cristis þies.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 425 As hit were a manis þyghe.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 203 Somme haueþ þighes with oute hammes.a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxv. 337 Þi boþe þhiȝes.a1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. 4921 + 110 (Harl.) A gret pece of ys owe þy [v.rr. þiȝ, þiȝe, thyȝe, þye] he kerf out wyþ a knyf.1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xiii He..hytte hym on the thye.?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Biv The thighe, la cuisse.1545 T. Scalon Treat. Astron. (Ashm. 391) f. 1 Mars the hed, Sol the thyg[h]es or hamme.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg3 The wicked steele stayd not, till it did light In his left thigh.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 125 His thich bane is brokne.1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 114 Be his naikit thies [ed. 2 Thyis].?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xviii. 105 Through his thin Garment, what a Thigh he showes.1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. x. 218 Hereward..owned..no mistress save the sword on his thigh. †b. The part of a garment covering the thigh. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > other breasta1486 thigh1533 leg1558 belly1600 instepc1615 knee1662 belly-piece1689 legging1738 wrist1803 bust1808 midriff1941 1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 184 To draw the theis of the saidis gray hois. 1550 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 405 Theis of hose. 2. In lower vertebrate animals, The part of the hind leg which is homologous with the human thigh, or which is popularly regarded as corresponding to it in position or shape; in certain quadrupeds, as the horse, applied to the tibia; in birds to the tarsus; hence in insects, etc., the third section of the leg. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fore limb or leg > thigh thigha1300 a1300 Thrush & Nightingale 68 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 53 Fowel, me thinketh thou art les, They thou be milde and softe of thes. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 355 Liche to mares wiþ white legges up to þe þiȝes. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/2 Thy, lymme of a beeste, femur. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B3 Each Bee with Hony laden to the thye. 1737 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 66 For a thigh of beefe for the hawks £0. 1. 1. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 374 The posterior thighs are strongly inflated in one of the sexes, where the antennæ are usually long and smaller at the extremity. 1866 W. B. Hawkins Artistic Anat. Horse 23 The bones of the leg (‘thigh’ of horsemen) are the tibia and fibula. 3. transferred e.g. the stem of a plant, the lower trunk of a tree, the lower slopes of a mountain. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] stealc700 stemc888 spirea1000 stalka1366 caulc1420 codd?1440 stalec1440 thighc1440 shank1513 pipe?1523 start?1523 spindle1577 leg1597 scape1601 haulm1623 caulicle1657 culm1657 thyrse1658 scapus1704 stemlet1838 stam1839 caulis1861 caulome1875 tige1900 the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stem, trunk, or bole > lower trunk thigh1759 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > area at foot of skirt1598 piedmont1860 thigh1889 pediment1897 pediment pass1930 pediplane1942 peripediment1942 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 255 About his thegh let no thyng growyng be, But if hit axe to be reuocate. 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 632 Ribs, like what we call the thighs of certain trees. 1889 C. Edwardes Sardinia 232 The burly thighs of [mount] Gennargentu as an impenetrable barrier between us and the south. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. thigh-ache n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in thigh thigh-ache1597 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 6 Læcedomas wiþ þeohece. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 655 Thighache, anoint with sheepes doung and Vineger often. thigh-joint n. thigh-muscle n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of leg gracilis1615 quadriceps1618 peroneus1638 bicepsa1641 gastrocnemius1676 soleus1676 popliteus1688 sartorius1704 peroneus brevis1707 obturator muscle1726 tailor's muscle1728 subcrureus1793 thigh-muscle1899 quad1958 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 191 The knee-jerk is uniformly absent when the thigh-muscles are paralysed. thigh-percussion-sound n. ΚΠ 1853 W. O. Markham tr. J. Skoda Treat. Auscultation 10 The completely empty percussion-sound—the thigh-percussion-sound—heard at any yielding part of the walls of the thorax, or the abdomen. thigh-socket n. thigh-wound n. b. thigh-slapping n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > types of item speciality1873 showstopping1917 thigh-slapping1932 supporting1947 1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 216 [Meredith] overdoes the pith and the sap; the fist-shaking and the thigh-slapping. 1979 Dance Mag. Feb. 32/3 ‘Lovesick Blues’ unexpectedly serves as the up-beat, thigh-slapping finale. c. thigh-born n. ΚΠ 1613 J. Taylor Heauens Blessing sig. D3^v His braine-bred daughter, and his thigh borne sonne. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 7 Bacchus the thigh-born Infant. thigh-deep adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth deepOE knee-deep1535 ankle-deep1597 waist-deep1763 shoe-deep1773 thigh-deep1851 yard-deep- 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xviii. 305 We stood thigh-deep in the gathering flood. thigh-fraughted adj. ΚΠ 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 87 When the thigh-fraughted Bee gathered her thyme. thigh-high adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific waist high1600 knee-high1742 mast-high1798 shoulder-high1837 horse-high1859 thigh-high1893 stride-high1906 treetop1945 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 734/1 Bamboo grass, thigh-high. thigh-long adj. C2. † thigh-belly-less adj. Obsolete having neither thighs nor belly (nonce-word). ΚΠ 1630 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion (rev. ed.) 52 Thigh-Bellilesse, most gastlie to the sight. thigh-boot n. a boot with uppers reaching to the thigh. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > reaching to hip or thigh thigh-boot1841 hip boot1853 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxiv. 309 Great thigh-boots smoked hot with grease and blood. thigh-hole n. † (a) the groin (obsolete); (b) a hole for the thigh in bathing-drawers or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > groin or crotch > [noun] shareeOE liskc1175 forchure13.. cleftc1325 fouchc1330 grainsa1400 swange?a1400 groin14.. thigh-holec1425 twist1572 crotcha1592 fork1608 cleaving1632 inguen1679 crutch- c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 11 Þe armeholes, þe þeholes, þe chawellez, &c. thigh-length adj. (of a garment, boot, etc.) extending down or up to the thigh. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length foot-sideOE sideOE long-side1575 sidelong1575 nock-shorn1632 talarian1671 three-quarter1713 overknee1831 talaric1853 high water1856 ankle-length1876 long1882 hip-length1893 knee-length1895 thigh-length1895 fingertip1920 mid-calf1931 wrist-length1935 floor-length1939 cropped1954 waltz-length1958 two-thirds1963 calf-length1965 midi1968 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 483/3 Horsehide leggings, either ‘knee’ or ‘thigh’ lengths. 1979 S. Smith Survivor xvii. 177 I wore a thigh-length Indian-print chemise. thigh lift n. a dance movement or gymnastic exercise in which the thigh is raised; the lifting of the thigh in this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions vaulting1531 cross-step1728 still-vaulting1854 roll1858 trampolining1867 planche1878 handstand1890 rollover1891 trapezing1894 press1901 straddle1905 kip1909 upstart1909 headstand1915 round-off1917 neck-roll1920 undergrip1920 pike1928 swivel hips1943 thigh lift1949 overswing1955 shoulder stand1956 stand1956 floor exercise1957 squat1959 turnaround1959 salto1972 Tsukahara1972 society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > specific movements gambol1509 gamond?a1513 frisco?1520 brawl1521 frisk1525 friscal1570 goat's jump1589 caper1592 capriole1596 capering1598 amble1607 friscado1634 rising1694 sink1706 moulinet1785 ballon1828 toeing1871 bump1931 heel turn1933 partnering1939 grind1946 shake1946 thigh lift1949 cambré1952 1949 G. Shurr & R. D. Yocom Mod. Dance v. 113 Do not allow body to tip forward on thigh lift. c1973 J. Cholerton Acrobatic Section Syllabus (Assoc. Amer. Dancing) (ed. 6) 2 Thigh Lifts.—sit: legs straight in front—hands on the floor behind, lean slightly back. thigh-piece n. (†the-pess) a piece of armour for the thigh. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > for thighs cuissesc1330 quisserc1330 tuillea1470 thigh-piece1488 flancard1490 taslets1507 quishes1548 tasses1548 cussans1572 tassets1834 tuillette1869 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 265 On the the-pes a felloun strak him gaiff. 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 322 Arm-plates, thigh-pieces, greaves for the legs. thigh roll n. a roll of padding on a saddle, designed to prevent the girths from slipping backwards and to support the rider's legs in jumping and dressage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle saddle-boweOE arsonc1300 saddle skirt1361 saddle-tree1364 skirtc1400 saddle panel1465 stock-tree1470 stock1497 pommela1500 tree1535 pillion cloth1540 port1548 saddle stock1548 pilch1552 bolster1591 cantle1591 shank-pilliona1599 pillowc1600 pad1604 crutch1607 sivet1607 saddle crutcha1614 saddle eaves1663 saddle tore1681 burr1688 head1688 narve1688 saddle seat1688 sidebar1688 torea1694 quarter1735 bands of a saddle1753 witherband1764 withers1764 peak1775 pillion-stick1784 boot-housing1792 saddle flap1798 saddle lap1803 fork1833 flap1849 horn1849 skirting1852 hunting-horn1854 head-plate1855 saddle horn1856 cantle bar1859 leaping-horn1859 straining1871 stirrup-bar1875 straining-leather1875 spring tree1877 leaping-head1881 officer-tree1894 monkey1911 monkey-strap1915 thigh roll1963 straining-web- 1963 E. H. Edwards Saddlery xiv. 101 The Continental panel is similar, but with..the addition of a thigh roll at the rear... The thigh roll is rarely evident to the rider unless it is very heavily stuffed, and its real use is to prevent the girth straps moving back off the flap. 1976 Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 31 (advt.) Colombo the unique jumping saddle... The exterior thigh roll is an unusual but effective feature. thigh-slapper n. colloquial an exceptionally funny joke, description, or the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > uproariously funny side-splitter1834 gut-buster1929 boff1945 boffola1946 thigh-slapper1965 knee-slapper1966 1965 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Sept. 14/4 The thigh-slapper..the President got off to reporters when Lynda Bird showed up in a billowy muu-muu dress. thigh-tongue n. see quot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of elk or eland thigh-tongue1812 wapiti1884 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 97 The great muscle of the thigh [of the eland] smoked... These..from the resemblance they then bear to bullocks' tongues, are called thigh tongues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † thighv. Brit. /θʌɪ/, U.S. /θaɪ/ Etymology: < thigh n. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To carve (a small bird): see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > prepare fowls [verb (transitive)] > carve breakc1330 frushc1430 spoilc1440 enlacea1475 thigh?1478 breast1486 ?1478 Lydgate's Horse, Goose & Sheep (Caxton) (1822) 33 Alle smale birdes thyed. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.i^v Thye that pygyon..thye that wodcocke, thye all maner small byrdes. 1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 113 In cutting up all manner of small Birds, it is proper to say, Thigh them. 1767 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (new ed.) Add. 336 So you thigh curlews, plover, or snipe. 2. intransitive. To cower down, squat. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (intransitive)] ruck?c1225 cowerc1300 crouchc1394 couch?a1400 hurklea1400 quatc1425 squat1573 squat1609 thigh1611 swat1615 hunker1720 lower1720 squattle1786 croodle1788 scrooch1844 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Accosciare, to thigh, to coure down [1598 to ioyne thighes]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c725v.?1478
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thighn.

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† thighv.