Thick clay

(Habakkuk 2:6) is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "pledges." The Chaldean power is here represented as a rapacious usurer, accumulating the wealth that belonged to others.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.

2. (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.

3. (superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.

4. (superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.

5. (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.

6. (superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.

7. (superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.

8. (superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.

9. (superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.

10. (n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

11. (n.) A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.

12. (adv.) Frequently; fast; quick.

13. (adv.) Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.

14. (adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.

15. (v. t. & i.) To thicken.