Definition of thief

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Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

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Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..
Fury :: Fury (n.) A thief.
Mainor :: Mainor (n.) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.
Micher :: Micher (n.) One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen..
Picklock :: Picklock (n.) One who picks locks; a thief.
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief..
Convey :: Convey (v. i.) To play the thief; to steal.
Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief..
Neat :: Neat (a.) Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief..
Filcher :: Filcher (n.) One who filches; a thief.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Water Rat :: Water rat () A thief on the water; a pirate.
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty..
Theftbote :: Theftbote (n.) The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment..
Wastor :: Wastor (n.) A waster; a thief.
Pilferer :: Pilferer (n.) One who pilfers; a petty thief.
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
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