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 ]