(f) In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like. Ha, cousin Silence, that thou hadst seen that that this knight and I have seen! Shak. O God, that right should thus overcome might! Shak.
Note: That was formerly added to other conjunctions or to adverbs to make them emphatic. To try if that our own be ours or no. Shak. That is sometimes used to connect a clause with a preceding conjunction on which it depends. When he had carried Rome and that we looked For no less spoil than glory. Shak.
5. As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing. [Archaic or in illiteral use.] All that, everything of that kind; all that sort. With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope. The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd [gold] for a'that. Burns. — For that. See under For, prep. — In that. See under In, prep.
THATCH
Thatch, n. Etym: [OE. thak, AS. Þ\'91c a roof; akin to Þeccean to
cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover,
Icel. Þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. stogas, Ir. teagh a house,
Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. 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.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
THATCH
Thatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Thatching.]
Etym: [From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. to cover.]
Defn: 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.
THATCHER
Thatch"er, n.