- þiccian
- wv/t2, wv/i2 to thicken; crowd together; to make or become thick, of persons, to throng
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
þiccian
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Thick — Thick, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. [thorn]iccian.] To thicken. [R.] [1913 Webster] The nightmare Life in death was she, Who thicks man s blood with cold. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thicken — (v.) early 15c. (trans.), 1590s (intrans.), from THICK (Cf. thick) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Thickened; thickening. An earlier verb was O.E. þiccian … Etymology dictionary
