thatch

thatch
    n 1: hair resembling thatched roofing material
    2: plant stalks used as roofing material
    3: an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the
       Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) [syn: {Teach},
       {Edward Teach}, {Thatch}, {Edward Thatch}, {Blackbeard}]
    4: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) [syn:
       {thatch}, {thatched roof}]
    v 1: cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"
    

Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [thorn][ae]c a roof; akin to
   [thorn]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G.
   dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [thorn]ak a roof, Sw. tak,
   Dan. tag, Lith. st[=o]gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach,
   tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. ?, ?, a
   roof, ? 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.
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   2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of
      palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
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   {Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
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Thatch \Thatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Thatching}.] [From {Thatch}, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS.
   ?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.
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32 Moby Thesaurus words for "thatch":
      board, brick, clapboard, crop, face, fleece, glass, glaze, head,
      head of hair, lath, locks, mane, mat, mop, paper, plank, revet,
      shag, shake, sheathe, shingle, shock, slate, stone, tile, tresses,
      veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard