Thorough

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

II. Thorough ·prep Through.

III. Thorough ·adv Thoroughly.

IV. Thorough ·adj Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.

V. Thorough ·noun A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

VI. Thorough ·adj Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

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