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Webster 1913 Edition

Thirst

Thirst

(thẽrst)
,
Noun.
[OE.
thirst
,
þurst
, AS.
þurst
,
þyrst
; akin to D.
dorst
, OS.
thurst
, G.
durst
, Icel.
þorsti
, Sw. & Dan.
törst
, Goth.
þaúrstei
thirst,
þaúrsus
dry, withered,
þaúrsieþ mik
I thirst, ga
þaírsan
to wither, L.
torrere
to parch, Gr.
τέρσεσθαι
to become dry,
τεσαίνειν
to dry up, Skr.
tṛsh
to thirst. √54. Cf.
Torrid
.]
1.
A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with
thirst
?
Ex. xvii. 3.
With
thirst
, with cold, with hunger so confounded.
Chaucer.
2.
Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; – usually with for, of, or after;
as, the
thirst
for gold
.
“Thirst of worldy good.”
Fairfax.
“The thirst I had of knowledge.”
Milton.

Thirst

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Thirsted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Thirsting
.]
[AS.
þyrstan
. See
Thirst
,
Noun.
]
1.
To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
The people
thirsted
there for water.
Ex. xvii. 3.
2.
To have a vehement desire.
My soul
thirsteth
for . . . the living God.
Ps. xlii. 2.

Thirst

,
Verb.
T.
To have a thirst for.
[R.]
He seeks his keeper’s flesh, and
thirsts
his blood.
Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thirst

THIRST

,
Noun.
thurst. [L. torreo.]
1.
A painful sensation of the throat or fauces, occasioned by the want of drink.
Wherefore is it that thou hast brought us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? Ex.17.
2.
A vehement desire of drink. Ps.104.
3.
A want and eager desire after any thing.
Thirst of worldly good.
Thirst of knowledge.
Thirst of praise.
Thirst after happiness.
But for is now more generally used after thirst; as a thirst for worldly honors; a thirst for praise.
4.
Dryness; drouth.
The rapid current, through veins
Of porous earth with kindly thirst updrawn,
Rose a fresh fountain--

THIRST

,
Verb.
I.
thurst.
1.
To experience a painful sensation of the throat or fauces for want of drink.
The people thirsted there for water. Ex.17.
2.
To have a vehement desire for any thing.
My soul thirsteth for the living God. Ps.42.

THIRST

,
Verb.
T.
To want to drink; as, to thirst blood. [Not English.]

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