01 a. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
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Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.“Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” — Judges iv. 19.
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Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.“A dry and thirsty land, where no water is.” — Ps. lxiii. 1.“When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant.” — Addison.