Defn: To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
THAW
Thaw, n.
Defn: 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.
THAWY
Thaw"y, a.
Defn: Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.
THE
The, v. i.
Defn: See Thee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton.
THE The (the, when emphatic or alone; the, obscure before a vowel; the, obscure before a consonant; 37), definite article. Etym: [AS. the, a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. se, formed under the influence of the oblique cases. See That, pron.]
Defn: A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
Note: The was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a weakened form of that. When placed before adjectives and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns; as, the sublime and the beautiful. Burke. The is used regularly before many proper names, as of rivers, oceans, ships, etc.; as, the Nile, the Atlantic, the Great Eastern, the West Indies, The Hague. The with an epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name; as, Alexander the Great; Napoleon the Third. The may be employed to individualize a particular kind or species; as, the grasshopper shall be a burden. Eccl. xii. 5.