Definition of thicken

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Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.

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Full :: Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill..
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows..
Collenchyma :: Collenchyma (n.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..
Inspissation :: Inspissation (n.) The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened..
Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
Corn :: Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint..
Anta :: Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. i.) To become thick.
Incrassative :: Incrassative (a.) Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.
Curdle :: Curdle (v. t.) To congeal or thicken.
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity..
Torus :: Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.
Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..
Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Thickened; becoming thicker.
Full :: Full (v. i.) To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well..
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