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Definition of Thickset
1. Adjective. Having a short and solid form or stature. "A thickset young man"
Similar to: Little, Short
Derivative terms: Compactness
2. Adjective. Planted or growing close together. "Thickset trees"
Definition of Thickset
1. a. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.
2. n. A close or thick hedge.
Definition of Thickset
1. Adjective. Having a short, heavy build; stout ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thickset
1. a thicket [n -S] - See also: thicket
Medical Definition of Thickset
1. 1. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge. 2. Having a short, thick body; stout. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thickset
Literary usage of Thickset
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"thickset-hedge, is also with us ... and Quick and Quickset and thickset, may have
been jumbled together. In Cheshire, Quick is explained—" Quickset. ..."
2. The Public School Speaker by Francis Warre Cornish (1900)
"thickset. I don't mean to say the honey. [Exit QUICKSET: he is heard shouting
behind the scenes. ... thickset. He will look to you for the money. Landlord. ..."
3. Hood's Own: Or, Laughter from Year to Year: Being Former Runnings of His by Thomas Hood (1855)
"I don't mean to say the honey-pots," said thickset, literally following the
instructions he had received. " What made you screech out then? ..."
4. My Recollections of Ontario by John Clay (1918)
"was a typical Scotchman, a small, thickset man with a fine head stored full of
good business sense, a streak of quiet humor running through his nature. ..."
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