thraw

American  

[thraw, thrah] / θrɔ, θrɑ /

verb (used with object)

1. British Dialect. to throw.

2. Scot.

   1. to twist; distort.

   2. to oppose; thwart; vex.

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verb (used without object)

1. Scot. to disagree; object.

adjective

1. Scot. thrawn.

Etymology

Origin of thraw

(v.) Scots, N England dialect form of throw (retaining in part earliest sense of the word); (adj.) apparently shortened from thrawn

Example Sentences

Between three and thirteen, thraw the woodie when it's green.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Dost thee object to that, lass?—if so, say so noo afore it's too late, but doon't thraw it in moi face arterwards.

From Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Dod, Bawbie, I think the hoose has gotten a terriple thraw.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

So I spoke up and said the peasantry pronounced the word three, not thraw.

From Following the Equator — Part 1 by Twain, Mark

Great love I bear to a’ the fair, Their humble slave, an’ a’ that; But lordly will, I hold it still A mortal sin to thraw that.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert