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ThawThaw Thaw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thawed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thawing.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian, [thorn][=a]wan; akin to D.
dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen 8digest, OHG.
douwen, firdouwen), Icel. [thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan.
t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr. ? to melt. [root]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.
3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Thaw
Thaw Thaw, v. t.
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt,
soften, or dissolve.
Thaw
Thaw Thaw, n.
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.
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Thaw or
THAW may
refer to:
Thawing or
melting Thaw (weather), the
melting of snow and ice The
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Edward Thaw (3
January 1942 – 21
February 2002) was an
English actor in television,
stage and cinema, best
known for his
television roles starring...
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Abigail J.
Thaw (born 1
October 1965) is an
English actress known for her role of
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generally located beneath a so-called
active layer of soil
which freezes and
thaws depending on the season.
Around 15% of the
Northern Hemisphere or 11% of...
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Harry Kendall Thaw (February 12, 1871 –
February 22, 1947) was the son of
American coal and
railroad baron William Thaw Sr. Heir to a multimillion-dollar...
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Harry Kendall Thaw's obsessive and
abusive fixation on both
Nesbit and
architect Stanford White,
which resulted in White's
murder by
Thaw in 1906. As a...
- The
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American science fiction horror thriller film
directed by Mark A.
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- The
Khrushchev Thaw (Russian: хрущёвская о́ттепель, romanized:
khrushchovskaya ottepel, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfskəjə ˈotʲːɪpʲɪlʲ] or
simply ottepel) is the period...
- In soil science, the
thaw depth or
thaw line is the
instantaneous level down to
which the soil has
warmed to zero
degrees Celsius. The
active layer thickness...
