An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 880

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 880

_Dunbar._


Isl. _thrif-ast_, Su. G. _trifw-a_, id.


_To_ THRAM, _v. n._ To thrive, Aberd. Moray.


_Gl. Shirr. Ross._


Isl. _thro-a_, incrementum capere; _throan_, _throtte_, incrementum.


THRANG, _pret._ and _part. pa._ Pressed.


V. ~Thring~.


_To_ THRANG, _v. a._ To throng, S.


Sw. _traang-a_, to crowd; A. S. _thring-en_, to press.


_To_ ~Thrang~, _v. n._ to crowd towards a place, S.


~Thrang~, _adj._


1. Crowded, S.


_Sir J. Sinclair._


Isl. _thraung-ur_, Su. G. _traang_, arctus.


2. Intimate, familiar, S.


_Morison._


3. Busily engaged, S.


_Hutcheson._


~Thrang~, _s._


1. A throng, a crowd, S.


2. Constant employment, S.


_Ramsay._


3. State of hardship or oppression.


_Wall._


4. Pressure of business, S.


A. S. _thrang_, turba; Isl. _thraeng_, angusta.


_To_ THRAPPLE, _v. a._ To throttle or strangle, S.


V. ~Thropill~.


THRASH, _s._ A rush.


V. ~Thrush~.


_To_ THRATCH, _v. n._ To gasp convulsively, as in the agonies of death, S. B.


_Pop. Ball._


Isl. _threyte_, certo, laboro; _thraute_, labor.


~Thratch~, _s._ The oppressed and violent respiration of one in the last agonies, S. B.


_Bp. Forbes._


THRAVE, _s._


V. ~Thraif~.


_To_ THRAW, _v. a._ To cast, to throw.


A. S. _thraw-an_, jacere.


_Douglas._


_To_ THRAW, _v. a._


1. To wreathe, to twist, S.


_Ferguson._


2. To wrench, to sprain, S.


_Gl. Shirr._


3. To wrest, metaph. used.