Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thickset"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thickset \Thick"set`\, a.
1. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.
--Dryden.
2. Having a short, thick body; stout.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thickset \Thick"set`\, n.
1. A close or thick hedge.
2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or
velveteen. --McElrath.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thickset
adj 1: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact
build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" [syn: {compact},
{heavyset}, {stocky}, {thick}]
2: planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"
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