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thigs

thigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thig.

Meaning of thig

Verb

thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
    • This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.1800, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica
  2. (Scotland, ambitransitive) To beg, borrow; cadge.
  3. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
  4. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To take alms.
  5. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
  6. (Scotland, ambitransitive) To crave; seek (a favour).
    • "I'll go and the thigged wool demand
      From the good ladies of the land. […]"1912, Duncan Macintyre, George Calder, Gaelic songs of Duncan MacIntyre, page 227

Questions about thigs

What is thigs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Thigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thig.

Words near thigs in the dictionary

  1. thigmotropically
  2. thigmotropism
  3. thigmotropisms
  4. Thigpen
  5. Thigpens
  6. thigs
  7. thiick
  8. thiirane
  9. thiiranes
  10. thiirene
  11. thiirenes

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