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thatch

[thach]
–noun
1. Also, thatching. a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
2. a covering of such a material.
3. the leaves of various palms that are used for thatching.
4. something resembling thatch on a roof, esp. thick hair covering the head: a thatch of unruly red hair.
5. 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)
6. to cover with or as if with thatch.
7. 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


thatchless, adjective
thatchy, adjective
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thatch  (v.)
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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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