Thorough

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( adv.) Thoroughly.

(2): ( adv.) Through.

(3): ( a.) Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.

(4): ( prep.) Through.

(5): ( n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

(6): ( a.) Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Name given by the Earl Of Strafford ( q. v .) to a scheme of his to establish absolute monarchy in England.