thurst
See also: þurst
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
thurst (plural thursts)
- (mining) The ruins of the fallen roof in a coal mine, resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.[1]
References edit
- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Thurst”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thurst”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun edit
thurst m
Declension edit
Declension of thurst (masculine a-stem)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | thurst | thurstos |
accusative | thurst | thurstos |
genitive | thurstes | thurstō |
dative | thurste | thurstum |
instrumental | — | — |