9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]

We have been thick ever since.

T. Hughes.

Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are

self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming,

thick-cut, thick-flying, thick- growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped,

thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven,

and the like.

Thick register. (Phon.) See the Note under Register, n., 7. — Thick

stuff (Naut.), all plank that is more than four inches thick and less

than twelve. J. Knowles.

Syn. — Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.

Thick, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

In the thick of the dust and smoke.

Knolles.

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