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thraw
[ thraw, thrah ]
/ θrɔ, θrɑ /
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verb (used with object)
British Dialect. to throw.
Scot.
- to twist; distort.
- to oppose; thwart; vex.
verb (used without object)
Scot. to disagree; object.
adjective
Scot. thrawn (def. 2).
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