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

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thraw

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

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

"And than," said he, bestowing a hearty thump on his pupil's back, "no a man i' Cummerland need thraw the', if thou nobbut fews onything like!"

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin

And aye he gied his nose a thraw,   And aye he crook't his mou; And aye he cockit up his ee   And said, Tak tent the noo!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald

He didn't thraw no stones that neet i' Whinthrupp Lane—feyther was a strict man and read his Bible reg'lar—but he stood wi' t' lads an looked on—he didn't say owt to stop 'em.

From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I by Mrs. Humphry Ward

And you are going to thraw the Black Douglas for the cake of a glee woman?

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott