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_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
~Thout~, _s._ A sob. S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ THOW, _v. n._ To thaw, S.
_To_ ~Thow~, _v. a._ To remove the rigour produced by cold, S.
_Ramsay._
~Thow~, ~Thowe~, _s._ Thaw, S.
_Burns._
~Smore thow~, A heavy snow, accompanied with a strong wind, which, as it were, threatens to _smore_, or smother one, Ang.
THOWEL, _s._ The nitch or hollow in which the oar of a boat acts, Loth.
A. S. _thole_, scamnus a quo pendet remus; E. _thole_.
THOWLESS, _adj._ Inactive.
V. ~Thewles~.
~Thowlesnes~, ~Thowlysnes~, _s._ Inactivity.
_Wyntown._
THOWRROURIS, _s. pl._ Perh. _skorrowris_.
V. ~Scurrour~.
_Wallace._
THRA, THRO, _adj._
1. Eager, earnest.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. Brave, courageous.
_Wallace._
3. Obstinate, pertinacious.
_Barbour._
4. Reluctant, averse.
_Douglas._
Isl. _thra_, pertinacia; _thraa-r, thra_, pertinax.
~Thra~, _s._
1. Eagerness.
_Wallace._
2. Debate, contention.
_Douglas._
Isl. _thrai_, rancor.
~Thra~, ~Thraw~, ~Thraly~, _adv._ Eagerly.
_Houlate._
THRAFTLY, _adv._ In a chiding or surly manner.
_Pitscottie._
A. S. _thraf-ian_, increpare; Isl. _thref-a_, sublitigare.
THRAIF, THRAVE, THREAVE, _s._
1. Twenty-four sheaves of corn, including two shocks, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. A considerable number, S.
_Dunbar._
Sw. _trafwe saad_, strues segetum _viginti quatuor_ fascibus constans.
_To_ THRAIP, _v. n._ Apparently, to thrive, to prosper.
