thurst

See also: þurst

English

Etymology

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Noun

thurst (plural thursts)

  1. (mining) The ruins of the fallen roof in a coal mine, resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.[1]

References
  1. Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Thurst”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thurst”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

thurst m

  1. thirst

Declension
Declension of thurst (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative thurst thurstos
accusative thurst thurstos
genitive thurstes thurstō
dative thurste thurstum
instrumental — —


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: dorst
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