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(1):

(n.) To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

(2):

(n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.

(3):

(n.) To have a vehement desire.

(4):

(v. t.) To have a thirst for.

(5):

(n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; - usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thirst'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/thirst.html. 1828.
 
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