Defn: Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown
thin.
Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon.

THIN
Thin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinning.] Etym:
[Cf. AS. geþynnian.]

Defn: To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

THIN
Thin, v. i.

Defn: To grow or become thin; — used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

THINE Thine, pron. & a. Etym: [OE. thin, AS. edhin, originally gen. of edhu, edhu, thou; akin to G. dein thine, Icel. þinn, possessive pron., þin, gen. of þu thou, Goth. þeins, possessive pron., þeina, gen. of þu thou. See Thou, and cf. Thy.]

Defn: A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.

Note: In the old style, thine was commonly shortened to thi (thy) when used attributively before words beginning with a consonant; now, thy is used also before vowels. Thine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed being understood.

THING Thing, n. Etym: [AS. þing a thing, cause, assembly, judicial assembly; akin to þingan to negotiate, þingian to reconcile, conciliate, D. ding a thing, OS. thing thing, assembly, judicial assembly, G. ding a thing, formerly also, an assembly, court, Icel. þing a thing, assembly, court, Sw. & Dan. ting; perhaps originally used of the transaction of or before a popular assembly, or the time appointed for such an assembly; cf. G. dingen to bargain, hire, MHG. dingen to hold court, speak before a court, negotiate, Goth. þeihs time, perhaps akin to L. tempus time. Cf. Hustings, and Temporal of time.]

1. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity,
whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object
of thought.
God made . . . every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
kind. Gen. i. 25.
He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of
Egypt. Gen. xiv. 23.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Keats.