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English Dictionary: thatch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for thatch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thatch n hair resembling thatched roofing material plant stalks used as roofing material an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Synonym(s): Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) Synonym(s): thatch, thatched roof v cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [ed][91]c a roof; akin to [ed]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [ed]ak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. st[d3]gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. [?], [?], a roof, [?] to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. {Deck}, {Integument}, {Tile}, {Toga}.] 1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. 2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. {Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thatch \Thatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thatching}.] [From {Thatch}, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. [?]eccean to cover.] To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.