thickset

thickset
adj. /thik"set"/; n. /thik"set'/, adj.
1. set thickly or in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
2. studded, or furnished thickly; closely packed: a sky thickset with stars.
3. heavily or solidly built; stocky: a thickset young man.
n.
4. a thicket.
[1325-75; ME thikke sette. See THICK (adv.), SET]

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