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_Crosraguel._
4. To oppose, to resist.
_Hist. Ja. s.e.xt._
5. _To thraw out_, to extort.
_R. Bruce._
A. S. _thraw-ian_, torquere.
~Thrawin~, _part. adj._
1. Distorted, S.
2. Having the appearance of ill-humour; applied to the countenance, S.
_Douglas._
3. Cross-grained, of a perverse temper, S.
_Anderson._
4. Expressive of anger or ill humour, S.
_Ramsay._
~Thrawynlye~, _adv._ In a manner expressive of ill humour.
_Douglas._
~Thrawn-muggent~, _adj._ Having a perverse disposition, Ang.
V. ~Ill-muggent~.
THRAW, _s._ A pang, an agony, S.; throe, E.
_Douglas._
A. S. _threa_, poena, inflictio; _threow-an_, agonizare.
THRAW, _s._ Anger, ill humour, S.
V. ~Thra~, _s._
_R. Galloway._
THRAW, _s._ A little while, a trice.
_Doug._
A. S. _thrah_, Isl. _thrauge_, cursus temporis.
THRAW, _s._ Perh. favour.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _traa_, Isl. _thra_, desiderium.
THRAW, _adv._
V. ~Thra~.
THRAWART, THRAWARD, _adj._
1. Froward, perverse.
_Balnavis._
2. Backward, reluctant, S.
_Baillie._
Isl. _thrayrdi_, pervicax contentio.
~Thrawart~, _prep._ Athwart, across.
_Doug._
THRAW-CRUK, _s._ An instrument for twisting ropes of straw, hair, &c. S.
_Bannatyne P._
THREFT, _adj._ Reluctant, perverse, Loth.
V. ~Thraftly~.
_To_ THREPE, _v. n._ To aver with pertinacity, in reply to denial, S.
