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1. thin(ne adv.

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(a) In a thin layer; thin ishapen, narrow, tapering; (b) in light or threadbare clothing; thin driven, of cloth: thinly or loosely woven, flimsily made.

2. thinnefōld adv.

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In small numbers.

3. thinship n.

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The quality of thinness or lack of viscosity in a liquid.

4. thin(ne n.

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(a) The quality of thinness; (b) coll. threadbare clothes; (c) that which is least dense; also, fig. that which is least difficult;— used in phrases with thik(ke n., chiefly adverbial prep. phrases…

5. thinnehēde n.

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(a) Scarcity; (b) the quality of thinness or lack of viscosity in a liquid; also, that which induces thinness; also, ?that which has been filtered; (c) ?as adj.: not viscous;—perh. error for thinned

6. thinnish adj.

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(a) Not very viscous, somewhat thin; (b) as noun: the term 'thinnish'.

7. overthin adj.

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Too weak or deficient.

8. hisen pron.

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Used absol.: that which belongs to him, his own; his people, his house, his due, etc.

9. exīlitē n.

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Meagerness (of support or revenue); impoverished condition.

10. yǒuren pron.

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Used absolutely;—with plural referent: (a) with ref. to persons (with noun supplied from the context): yours; (b) as pred. adj.: belonging to you.

11. thinnes(se n.

Additional spellings: thinnesse
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(a) Smallness, fineness; (b) an absence of density; rarity; sparseness; also, porosity; also, sponginess, softness; (c) a lack of viscosity; (d) gauntness; (e) shallowness of breathing.

12. macillence n.

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Surg. A morbid smallness or shrinking.

13. hē̆ren pron.

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(a) Used absol.: theirs, their own, of them; their property, their folly, etc.; thei (hem) and heren, they (themselves) and their households; heren sheppend, the Creator of them; of heren, belonging…

14. hiren pron.

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(a) Used absol.: hers, her own; her world, her property, her child, etc.; of hiren, of her own, of herself; (b) as poss. pron. [prob. error]: her.

15. engrēled ppl.

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Her. Having an edge or border consisting of tapering points; engrailed.

16. minǧī adj.

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Of eggs: ? nearly liquid, soft-boiled, 'runny'; ? beaten, scrambled.

17. thī-self pron.

Additional spellings: thiself
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Emphatic sg. second person pron. used in appositive constructions: thyself, yourself: (a) as appositive to the subj. of a clause; ?also, for yourself [quot. c1450(?a1400)]; (b) as appositive to the…

18. thinnelī adv.

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(a) With thin material; (b) ?insufficiently; ?as noun: scantiness, tepidity.

19. thenne adv.

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From that place;—used in contexts suggesting: (a) the motion of the subject away from a place; (b) the separation or relocation from a place of the object of the action; (c) a central point from which…

20. thil n.

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A hard, clayey stone capable of withstanding high temperatures, fire clay.