thraw

[ thraw, thrah ]

/ θrɔ, θrɑ /

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. 1).

Origin of thraw

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

Words nearby thraw

thrash metal, thrash out, thrasonical, Thrasybulus, thrave, thraw, thrawart, thrawn, thread, threadbare, thread blight

Example sentences from the Web for thraw

My opponent could not thraw me, as 'ee have seen, and I couldn't thraw 'im.
Ande Trembath|Matthew Stanley Kemp
That corpses might begin to “thraw,” if carelessly watched, was a prevalent superstition.
A Collection of Ballads|Andrew Lang
Between three and thirteen, thraw the woodie when it's green.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
So I spoke up and said the peasantry pronounced the word three, not thraw.
Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Sit down an thraw aff your dirty claes, an tell us what ye hae seen the night.
The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol. II (of 2)|James Hogg

单词	thraw
释义	thraw [ thraw, thrah ] / θrɔ, θrɑ / 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. 1). Origin of thraw (v.) Scots, N England dialect form of throw (retaining in part earliest sense of the word); (adj.) apparently shortened from thrawn Words nearby thraw thrash metal, thrash out, thrasonical, Thrasybulus, thrave, thraw, thrawart, thrawn, thread, threadbare, thread blight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thraw My opponent could not thraw me, as 'ee have seen, and I couldn't thraw 'im. Ande Trembath\|Matthew Stanley Kemp That corpses might begin to “thraw,” if carelessly watched, was a prevalent superstition. A Collection of Ballads\|Andrew Lang Between three and thirteen, thraw the woodie when it's green. The Proverbs of Scotland\|Alexander Hislop So I spoke up and said the peasantry pronounced the word three, not thraw. Following the Equator, Complete\|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Sit down an thraw aff your dirty claes, an tell us what ye hae seen the night. The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol. II (of 2)\|James Hogg
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