3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thatch  \Thatch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Thatched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Thatching}.]  [From  {Thatch},  n.:  cf  OE  thecchen  AS 
  ?eccean  to  cover.] 
  To  cover  with  or  with  a  roof  of  straw,  reeds,  or  some 
  similar  substance;  as  to  thatch  a  roof,  a  stable,  or  a  stack 
  of  grain. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thatch  \Thatch\,  n.  [OE.  thak,  AS  [thorn][ae]c  a  roof;  akin  to 
  [thorn]eccean  to  cover,  D.  dak  a  roof,  dekken  to  cover,  G. 
  dach  a  roof,  decken  8cover,  Icel.  [thorn]ak  a  roof,  Sw  tak, 
  Dan.  tag,  Lith.  st[=o]gas,  Ir  teagh  a  house,  Gael.  teach, 
  tigh,  W.  ty  L.  tegere  to  cover,  toga  a  toga,  Gr  ?,  ?,  a 
  roof,  ?  to  cover,  Skr.  sthag.  Cf  {Deck},  {Integument}, 
  {Tile},  {Toga}.] 
  1.  Straw,  rushes,  or  the  like  used  for  making  or  covering 
  the  roofs  of  buildings,  or  of  stacks  of  hay  or  grain. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  name  in  the  West  Indies  for  several  kinds  of 
  palm,  the  leaves  of  which  are  used  for  thatching. 
 
  {Thatch  sparrow},  the  house  sparrow.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thatch 
  n  1:  hair  resembling  thatched  roofing  material 
  2:  plant  stalks  used  as  roofing  material 
  3:  an  English  pirate  who  operated  in  the  Caribbean  and  off  the 
  Atlantic  coast  of  North  America  (died  in  1718)  [syn:  {Teach}, 
  {Edward  Teach},  {Thatch},  {Edward  Thatch},  {Blackbeard}] 
  4:  a  house  roof  made  with  a  plant  material  (as  straw)  [syn:  {thatched 
  roof}] 
  v  :  cover  with  thatch;  of  roofs 

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