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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Thick \Thick\, n.
     1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
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              In the thick of the dust and smoke.   --Knolles.
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     2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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              Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              He through a little window cast his sight
              Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under
        Fiddle.
  
     Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and
        difficulties, both great and small.
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              Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras.
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              He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of
              a military frenzy.                    --Coleridge.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Thick \Thick\, n.
     1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
  
              In the thick of the dust and smoke.   --Knolles.
  
     2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton.
  
              Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
              He through a little window cast his sight Through
              thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden.
  
     Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under
        Fiddle.
  
     Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and
        difficulties, both great and small.
  
              Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras.
  
              He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of
              a military frenzy.                    --Coleridge.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  thick-and-thin block
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A fiddle block.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  thick-and-thin block
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A fiddle block.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  thick-and-thin block
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A fiddle block.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  thick-and-thin block
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A fiddle block.

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