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Search phrase: thin

Plays

 23 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.i.70You would say so, master, if your garments were thin.You would say so Master, if your garments were thin
HamletHam I.v.70The thin and wholesome blood. So did it mine.The thin and wholsome blood: so did it mine;
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iii.90proof, for thin drink doth so overcool their blood, andproofe: for thinne Drinke doth so ouer-coole their blood,
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iii.122thin potations, and to addict themselves to sack.thinne Potations, and to addict themselues to Sack.
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iv.120So thin that life looks through and will break out.So thinne, that Life lookes through, and will breake out.
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iv.18I'll tell you what, you thin man in a censer, I willIle tell thee what, thou thin man in a Censor; I will
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iv.30Come, you thin thing, come, you rascal!Come you thinne Thing: Come you Rascall.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.48His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle,His cold thinne drinke out of his Leather Bottle,
Henry VIIIH8 V.iii.125They are too thin and bare to hide offences;They are too thin, and base to hide offences,
King JohnKJ I.i.141My arms such eel-skins stuffed, my face so thinMy armes, such eele-skins stuft, my face so thin,
King JohnKJ IV.iii.24We will not line his thin bestained cloakWe will not lyne his thin-bestained cloake
King LearKL IV.vii.36With this thin helm? Mine enemy's dog,Mine Enemies dogge,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.796If frosts and fasts, hard lodging and thin weeds,If frosts, and fasts, hard lodging, and thin weeds
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.109And on old Hiems' thin and icy crownAnd on old Hyems chinne and Icie crowne,
OthelloOth I.iii.108Than these thin habits and poor likelihoodsThen these thin habits, and poore likely-hoods
Richard IIR2 III.ii.112Whitebeards have armed their thin and hairless scalpsWhite Beares haue arm'd their thin and hairelesse Scalps
Richard IIIR3 II.i.119All thin and naked, to the numb-cold night?(All thin and naked) to the numbe cold night?
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.99Which is as thin of substance as the air,Which is as thin of substance as the ayre,
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.174But that his beard grew thin and hungerlybut that his beard grew thinne and hungerly,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iv.61You are like to have a thin and slender pittance.You are like to haue a thin and slender pittance.
The TempestTem IV.i.150Are melted into air, into thin air;Are melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.146Your poor thin roofs with burdens of the dead – Your poore thin Roofes with burthens of the dead,
Twelfth NightTN V.i.204and a knave – a thin-faced knave, a gull!& a knaue: a thin fac'd knaue, a gull?

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1407 Thin winding breath which purled up to the sky. Thin winding breath which purl'd vp to the skie.
Venus and AdonisVen.298 Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide: Thin mane, thicke taile, broad buttock, tender hide:

Glossary

 25 result(s).
backsworda basket-hilted sword with a single-edged blade and a thin back; later, a sword-like stick with a basketwork hilt, used in fencing practice
barenessgauntness, leanness, thin condition
comptiblesensitive, thin-skinned, impressionable
crewel[Q variant] made of a thin coloured worsted yarn
fallbe thin, emaciate, waste away
half-facedthin-faced, with a pinched look
hornbook[teaching device] leaf of paper, protected by a piece of thin horn, showing the letters of the alphabet and other information
lankgrow thin, become shrunken
laththin wood
lattenmade of thin brass, tin-plate
littlethin, lean, skinny
meagrethin, slight, scrawny
peakwaste away, grow thin, become emaciated
pinedmade thin with grief, wasted away with sorrow
sarcenet, sarsenetof thin silk, light, flimsy
single-soledthin, poor, worthless
smallhigh-pitched, fluting, thin
sparelean, thin, gaunt
subtlefine, thin, slender
switchtwig, thin shoot
thinflimsy, threadbare, insufficient
thinthinly clad, with little covering
thinweak, without body, of low alcohol content
thin-bellywith lower part unpadded
wafer-caketype of thin, lightweight cake

Thesaurus

 23 result(s).
brass, made of thinlatten
cake, thin lightweightwafer-cake
condition, thinbareness
grief, made thin withpined
lightweight cake, thinwafer-cake
shoot, thinswitch
silk, of thinsarcenet, sarsenet
thinlittle
thinmeagre
thinsingle-soled
thinsmall
thinspare
thinsubtle
thin conditionbareness
thin shootswitch
thin with grief, madepined
thin woodlath
thin, befall
thin, growlank
thin, growpeak
thin-facedhalf-faced
thin-skinnedcomptible
wood, thinlath

Themes and Topics

 2 result(s).
Weapons...ed sword with a single-edged blade and a thin back later a sword-like stick with a b...
Abbreviations... t too th (voiceless) thin th (voiced) this v v...

Words Families

 3 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
THINBASICthin adj, thinly adv
THINAPPEARANCEthin-faced adj

Snippets

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