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_Bur. Lawes._
THROCH, THROUCHE, THRUCH, (gutt.) _s._
1. A sheet of paper.
_Pitscottie._
2. A small literary work; as we now say, _a sheet_.
_L. Scotland._
THROLL, _s._ A hole, a gap.
_Douglas._
A. S. _thyrel_, foramen.
THROPILL, _s._
1. The windpipe, S. thrapple.
_Barbour._
2. Used improperly for the throat, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
A. S. _throt-boll_, id. q. the throat-bowl.
THROUCH, _s._ Faith, credit.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _trogen_, _trygg_, faithful.
THROUCH, (gutt.) _prep._ Through, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Throuch~, ~Through~, (gutt.) _v. a._ To carry through.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Through~, _v. n._ To go on, literally; _To mak to through_, to make good, S.
_Burns._
~Through~, _adj._ Thorough.
_Mellvill's MS._
~Throuch~, ~Thruch~, _adj._ Active, expeditious; as, _a throuch wife_, an active woman, S. B. from the _prep_.
Isl. _thrug-a_, however, signifies, vim inferre.
~Through other~, ~Throw ither~, _adv._ Confusedly, promiscuously; S.
_throuther_.
_Pitscottie._
~Throwgang~, _s._ A thoroughfare, S.
_Doug._
Belg. _doorgang_, a pa.s.sage.
~Throwgang~, _adj._ Affording a thoroughfare, S.
~Throughpit~, _s._ Activity. _Throughpit of wark.
Through_ and _put_.
_To_ THROW, _v. a._ To twist.
V. ~Thraw~.
THRUCH-STANE, _s._ A flat gravestone, Loth. Ayrs.
_Satchels._
A. S. _thruh_, _thurruc_, sarcophagus, a grave, a coffin, Isl.
_thro_, id. Alem. _steininer druho_.
THRUNLAND, _part. pr._ Rolling, tumbling about.
_Peblis Play._
A. S. _tryndled_, orbiculatus.
