Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Growing liquid; thawing; inclined to thaw.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective archaic Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.
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- adjective Growing
liquid ;thawing ; inclined to or tending tothaw .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But, pursued by the hound on a wet, thawy day, it often becomes so heavy and bedraggled as to prove a serious inconvenience, and compels him to take refuge in his den.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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To-day pleasant and thawy; has the appearance of spring, all but the deep snow.
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He is too indolent even to dig his own hole, but appropriates that of a woodchuck, or hunts out a crevice in the rocks, from which he extends his rambling in all directions, preferring damp, thawy weather.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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It was a dull, thawy afternoon when Constans found himself standing again before the closed door that bore the name of the inhospitable Mr. Richard van Duyne.
The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen 1903
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The season was nearing spring, and it was a mild thawy night.
The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick 1893
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On Sunday the weather, which had been cold and snowy for weeks, changed; and it blew from the southeast, raw and chill, but thawy.
Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Herbert Quick 1893
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But, pursued by the hound on a wet, thawy day, it often becomes so heavy and bedraggled as to prove a serious inconvenience, and compels him to take refuge in his den.
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers John Burroughs 1879
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He is too indolent even to dig his own hole, but appropriates that of a woodchuck, or hunts out a crevice in the rocks, from which he extends his rambling in all directions, preferring damp, thawy weather.
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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But, pursued by the hound on a wet, thawy day, it often becomes so heavy and bedraggled as to prove a serious inconvenience, and compels him to take refuge in his den.
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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He is too indolent even to dig his own hole, but appropriates that of a woodchuck, or hunts out a crevice in the rocks, from which he extends his rambling in all directions, preferring damp, thawy weather.
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers John Burroughs 1879
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Dumb word.
March 30, 2016