Also, thatching.a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
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a covering of such a material.
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the leaves of various palms that are used for thatching.
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something resembling thatch on a roof, esp. thick hair covering the head: a thatch of unruly red hair.
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Horticulture. a tightly bound layer of dead grass, including leaves, stems, and roots, that builds up on the soil surface at the base of the living grass of a lawn.
–verb (used with object)
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to cover with or as if with thatch.
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Horticulture. to remove thatch from (a lawn); dethatch.
[Origin: bef. 900; (v.) ME thacchen, var. (with a from thak > dial. thack) of thecchen, OE theccan to cover, hide; c. D dekken (see deck), G decken, ON thekja; (n.) ME thacche, var. (with ch from the v.) of thak]
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English pirate. Based on the North Carolina coast after 1713, he conducted acts of piracy off the coast of the American colonies and in the Caribbean. He was killed by British naval forces.
Plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing.
Something, such as a thick growth of hair on the head, that resembles thatch.
Dead turf, as on a lawn.
tr.v.
thatched, thatch·ing, thatch·es
To cover with or as if with thatch.
[Middle English thacche, alteration (influenced by thecchen, thacchen, to thatch, from Old English theccan, to cover) of thak, from Old English thæc; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
O.E. þeccan "to cover," related to þæc "roof, thatching material," from P.Gmc. *thakan (cf. O.S. thekkian, O.N. þekja, O.Fris. thekka, M.Du. decken, O.H.G. decchen, Ger. decken "to cover"), from PIE *(s)tog-/*(s)teg- "cover" (see stegosaurus). The noun is O.E. þæc "roof, thatch," from the verb (cf. O.N. þak, O.Fris. thek, M.Du. dak "roof," O.H.G. dah, Ger. Dach "roof").
Deck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decked; p. pr. & vb. n. Decking.] [D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See Thatch.]1. To cover; to overspread. To deck with clouds the uncolored sky. --Milton. 2. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish. Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. --Job xl. 10. And deck my body in gay ornaments. --Shak. The dew with spangles decked the ground. --Dryden. 3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
Teg"u*ment\, n. [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.]1. A cover or covering; an integument. 2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
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