Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thorough"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thorough \Thor"ough\, prep. [See {Through}.]
Through. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thorough \Thor"ough\, a.
1. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. [Obs.]
2. Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect;
as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough
translator; a thorough poet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thorough \Thor"ough\, adv.
1. Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Chaucer.
2. Through. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thorough \Thor"ough\, n.
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thorough
adj 1: painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is
thorough"; "thorough research"
2: very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study";
"made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" [syn: {exhaustive},
{thoroughgoing}]
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