Definition of thatch

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Thatch (n.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching..

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Hayrick :: Hayrick (n.) A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air..
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain..
Jacamar :: "Jacamar (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant..
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) 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..
Thacker :: Thacker () See Thatch, Thatcher..
Rick :: Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching..
Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Thatching :: Thatching (n.) The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
Bungalow :: Bungalow (n.) A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda..
Stack :: Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch..
Wattle :: Wattle (n.) A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
Thatched :: Thatched (imp. & p. p.) of Thatc.
Heath :: Heath (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling..
Rancho :: Rancho (n.) A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night..
Palmyra :: Palmyra (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts..
Thatching :: Thatching (n.) The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc..
Hellier :: Hellier (v. t.) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher..
Nuthatch :: Nuthatch (n.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American..
Tippet :: Tippet (n.) A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching..
Sittine :: Sittine (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches..
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