2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.

A dry and thirsty land, where no water is.

Ps. lxiii. 1.

When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant.

Addison.

Thir"teen` (thr"tn`), a. [OE. threttene, AS. þreótne, þreótyne. See

Three, and Ten, and cf. Thirty.] One more than twelve; ten and three;

as, thirteen ounces or pounds.

Thir"teen`, n. 1. The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten

and three; thirteen units or objects.

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