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THATCH (O.E. lhaec; the word is common to many Teutonic languages in the sense of " roof," " cover "; cf. Du. dak, Ger. Dock; from Du. dekken comes " deck "; the Indo-European root is stag, whence Gr. ffrcyos, roof, Lat. tegere, to cover; the French equivalent ...

... he greater part are small and inconspicuous, a majority of the residences being thatched, mudwalled cabins. Considerable progress was made during the last two decades of the i9th century, however, notwithstanding misgovernment and the extreme poverty of the pe ...

... shepherds to-day. Probably the walls were wattled and the roofs were certainly thatched, for the urns show plainly the long beams fastened together at the top and hanging from the ridge down each side. Tombs cut in the rock offer other and later models of 1 N ...

... or insect. In their figure and motions they remind a northern naturalist of a nuthatch, while their coloration — black, yellow, olive, grey and white — recalls to him a titmouse. They generally keep in pairs and build a domed but untidy nest, laying therein th ...

... r the inhabitants. The population, distributed in ten villages, is estimated at THATCH— THAYETMYO 8000. The people are Greek Christians, and do not differ in appearance from the inhabitants of the other Greek islands. The villages are mostly situated at some d ...