Thig

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms. Scotland, transitive

    "This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged."

  2. 2
    To beg, borrow; cadge. Scotland, ambitransitive
  3. 3
    To profit by or live on the gifts of others. Scotland, intransitive, obsolete
  4. 4
    To take alms. Scotland, intransitive, obsolete
  5. 5
    To beseech; supplicate; implore. Scotland, obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    To crave; seek (a favour). Scotland, ambitransitive

    ""I'll go and the thigged wool demand From the good ladies of the land. […]""

Synonyms

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supplicatesolicit

Example

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"This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged."

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”).

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