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Webster 1913 Edition

thaw

thaw

(tha̤)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Thawed
(tha̤d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Thawing
.]
[AS.
þāwian
,
þāwan
; akin to D.
dovijen
, G.
tauen
,
thauen
(cf. also ver
dauen
to digest, OHG.
douwen
, fir
douwen
), Icel.
þeyja
, Sw.
töa
, Dan.
töe
, and perhaps to Gr.
τήκειν
to melt. √56.]
1.
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; – said of that which is frozen;
as, the ice
thaws
.
2.
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; – said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

thaw

,
Verb.
T.
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

thaw

,
Noun.
The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thaw

THAW

, v.i.
1.
To melt, dissolve or become fluid, as ice or snow. [It is remarkable that this word is used only of things that congeal by frost. We never say, to thaw metal of any kind.]
2.
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; used of weather.

THAW

,
Verb.
T.
To melt; to dissolve; as ice, snow, hail or frozen earth.

THAW

,
Noun.
The melting of ice or snow; the resolution of ice into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat, of any thing congealed by frost.

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