n. [ 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. ]
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. Multiplied by a thousand. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also
a.
n. The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]