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~Thryft~, _s._ Prosperity.
_Douglas._
Isl. _thrif_, nutritio.
_To_ THRYLL, _v. a._ To enslave, to enthrall.
V. ~Thirl~, _v._
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
~Thryll~, ~Thril~, ~Threll~, _s._ A slave.
A. S. Isl. _thrael_, Su. G. id.
_Barbour._
~Thrillage~, _s._ Bondage.
_Wallace._
THRILWALL, _s._ The name of the wall, between Scotland and England, erected by Severus.
_Fordun._
Lat. _murus perforatus_; because of the gaps made in it.
_To_ THRIMLE, THRIMBLE, _v. a._ To press, to squeeze.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Thrimle~, ~Thrimmel~, ~Thrumble~, _v. n._ To press into, or through, with difficulty and eagerness, S.
_R. Bruce._
Teut. _dromm-en_, premere; or V. next word.
_To_ THRIMLE, _v. n._ To wrestle, to fumble, S. B.
_Muse's Thren._
Isl. _eg thrume_, certo, pugno.
THRYNFALD, _adj._ Threefold.
_Doug._
A. S. _thrynen_, trinus.
_To_ THRING, _v. a._ To press, to thrust.
_K. Quair._
A. S. _thring-an_, Isl. _threing-ia_, urgere.
_To_ ~Thring~, _v. n._ To press on, or forward.
_Barbour._
THRISSILL, THRISLE, _s._ The thistle, S.
_Lyndsay._
THRISSLY, _adj._ Testy, crabbed, S. B.
Germ. _verdriesslich_, fretful, uncivil, rude.
_To_ THRIST, _v. a._
1. To thrust.
_Doug._
2. To oppress, to vex.
_Douglas._
Isl. _thrijst-a_, _thriost-a_, trudere, premere.
~Thrist~, _s._ Difficulty, pressure.
_Douglas._
_To_ THRIST, _v. n._ To spin; often, _to thrist a thread_, S. B.
A. S. _thraest-an_, to wreathe, to twist.
_To_ THRIST, _v. a._ To trust, to give on credit.
