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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
thick·set       [adj. thik-set; n. thik-set] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.set thickly or in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
2.studded, or furnished thickly; closely packed: a sky thickset with stars.
3.heavily or solidly built; stocky: a thickset young man.
–noun
4.a thicket.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME thikke sette. See thick (adv.), set]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
thick·set       (thĭk'sět')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Having a solid, stocky form or body; stout.
  2. Positioned or placed closely together.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
thickset 
c.1366, thikke sette "with parts or things set close together" (of grass on a sward, etc.), from thick + set (v.). Meaning "Stocky, strong and square-built" is recorded from 1724.

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thickset

adjective
1. having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact
2. planted or growing close together; "thickset trees" 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Thickset

Thick"set`\, a. 1. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge. --Dryden.

2. Having a short, thick body; stout.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Thickset

Thick"set`\, n. 1. A close or thick hedge.

2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. --McElrath.

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