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Thirst
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(1):
(n.) To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) To have a vehement desire.
(4):
(v. t.) To have a thirst for.
(5):
(n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; - usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thirst'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/thirst.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thirst'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/thirst.html. 1828.
