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Webster 1913 Edition
Thousand
Thou′sand
,Noun.
[OE.
þousend
, þusend
, AS. þūsend
; akin to OS. thūsundig
, thūsind
, OFries. thusend
, D. duizend
, G. tausend
, OHG. tūsunt
, dūsunt
, Icel. þūsund
, þūshund
, Sw. tusen
, Dan
. tusind
, Goth. þūsundi
, Lith. tukstantis
, Russ. tuisiacha
; of uncertain origin.] 1.
The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
2.
Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A
thousand
shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7.
☞ The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under
Hundred
. 3.
A symbol representing one thousand units;
as, 1,000, M or CIↃ
. Thou′sand
,Adj.
1.
Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
2.
Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
“Perplexed with a thousand cares.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thousand
THOU'SAND
,Adj.
1.
Denoting the number of ten hundred.2.
Proverbially, denoting a great number indefinitely. It is a thousand chances to one that you succeed.THOU'SAND
,Noun.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps.91.
Thousand is sometimes used plurally without the plural termination, as in the passage above, ten thousand; but it often takes the plural termination. In former times, how many thousands perished by famine!