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_Dunbar._
Isl. _thrif-ast_, Su. G. _trifw-a_, id.
_To_ THRAM, _v. n._ To thrive, Aberd. Moray.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr. 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 hards.h.i.+p 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. s.h.i.+rr._
3. To wrest, metaph. used.
