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Webster 1913 Edition

Thatch

Thatch

,
Noun.
[OE.
thak
, AS.
þæc
a roof; akin to
þeccean
to cover, D.
dak
a roof,
dekken
to cover, G.
dach
a roof,
decken
8cover, Icel.
þak
a roof, Sw.
tak
, Dan.
tag
, Lith.
stōgas
, Ir.
teagh
a house, Gael.
teach
,
tigh
, W.
ty
, L.
tegere
to cover,
toga
a toga, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a roof, [GREEK] to cover, Skr.
sthag
. Cf.
Deck
,
Integument
,
Tile
,
Toga
.]
1.
Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2.
(Bot.)
A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
Thatch sparrow
,
the house sparrow.
[Prov. Eng.]

Thatch

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Thatched
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Thatching
.]
[From
Thatch
,
Noun.
: cf. OE.
thecchen
, AS.
[GREEK]eccean
to cover.]
To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance;
as, to
thatch
a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thatch

THATCH

,
Noun.
[L. tego; Eng. deck.] Straw or other substance used to cover the roofs of buildings, or stacks of hay or grain, for securing them from rain, &c.

THATCH

,
Verb.
T.
To cover with straw, reeds or some similar substance; as, to thatch a house or a stable, or a stack of grain.

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