• THRO
adj. eager; keenly interested …1775 Eng. dial. obs.
• THROAT
n. 1. 1896 Sc. – a narrow entrance
n. 2. 1970s US students’ sl. – a very intense and competitive student, esp. a premedical student
• THROAT-BOLL
n. the Adam’s apple; hence, the larynx …a700 obs.
• THROAT-CUTTER
n. a cutthroat …1735 Sc.
• THROAT-SEASONER
n. a glass of spirits; a dram …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROB
n. 1. someone of either sex who thrills the heart; a lover, esp. used of film stars and other entertainers …1910s sl.
n. 2. a headache …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THROB-THRUSH
n. a household sprite; a brownie …1825 Eng. dial. obs.
• THROCK
n. a crowd, a throng …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
vb. to throng, to crowd…Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• THRODDEN
adj. fat, well-grown, in good condition, well-fed …1783 Eng. dial.
vb. to thrive; to grow, to increase; to improve by care or cultivation …1641 Eng. dial.
• THRODDLE
adj. fat; broad, bulky; thriving …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRODDY
adj. 1. plump, well-grown, in good condition, sleek; dumpy …1740 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. active, energetic, able to get through much work …1884 Eng. dial.
n. a plump, thriving child …1825 Eng. dial.
• THRODDY MAY
n. a plump, good-looking girl …1939 Amer. dial.
• THROFF
n. froth …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROG
n. a thrush …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROGGLE
vb. to trammel, to impede, said of any article of dress that impedes free movement …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROGGY
n. a thrush …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROLLY
n. the song-thrush, Turdus musicus …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONE
n. 1922 US sl. – a toilet
• THRONG
adj. 1. busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing …1781 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
adj. 2. crowded; pressed for space; numerous, thick …1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. intimate, familiar, friendly; esp. used in a bad sense …1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. busily; overpoweringly …1786 Sc.
n. 1. business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. friendship; intimacy …1768 Sc. obs.
n. 3. a large quantity …1901 Sc.
vb. to be busy; to trouble oneself …1885 Eng. dial.
• THRONG AS A BECK WIFE
adj. said of a busy person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG AS THROP’S WIFE
adj. used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles …1868 Eng. dial.
• THRONG-DEED
n. excitement; bustle and confusion; any incident of an exciting or busy character …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONGED
adj. 1. busy; hurried …1776 Eng. & Amer. dial.
adj. 2. crowded …1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONGED-UP
adj. crowded …1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONGISH
adj. rather busy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONGISH-DEED
n. busy doings …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONGNESS
n. a crowded state …1724-32 Sc.
• THRONGS
n. matters of importance; a multitude of petty cares …1874 Eng. dial.
• THRONGSOM
adj. busy, fully employed …1888 Eng. dial.
• THROOTHERS
n. mixed sweets …1900 Sc.
• THROPIT
vb. to go …1899 Sc.
• THROPPLE
n. the windpipe; the throat; the neck …1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to throttle, to choke; to seize by the throat …1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to topple …1892 Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE-GIRTH
n. a collar or cravat …1787 Sc.
• THROPPLE-HOARSE
adj. hoarse …1884 Sc.
• THROPPLE-NOB
n. the Adam’s apple …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE UP
vb. to devour in eating; to gobble up …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• THROSSAN
adj. 1. conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy …1892 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. fat, bulky, thickset …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP
adj. 1. conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy …1892 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. fat, bulky, thickset …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROTTLE
n. the throat; the windpipe …1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROTTLEBOTTOM
n. a harmless incompetent in public office …20C
• THROTTLE-POKE
n. a grasping, avaricious, grasping person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROTTLE THE TEAPOT
vb. to have tea; ‘to squeeze the pot’ …884 Eng. dial.
• THROTTLE-WET
n. drink of any kind …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGAL
adj. mispronunciation of ‘frugal’ …1890 Sc.
• THROUGH
adj. 1. active, expeditious …Bk1905 Sc.
adj. 2. tired out …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. a thoroughfare; a public way …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. to advance, to go on; to carry through …1775 Sc.
• THROUGH ANOTHER
adj. mixed up together, in disorder; confused, befuddled …1873 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH-BEAR
vb. to sustain, to provide for …1714 Sc.
• THROUGH-BEARING
n. a livelihood; means of sustenance; the means of extricating oneself from any difficulty or of accomplishing any difficult work …1724-32 Sc.
• THROUGH-COMING
n. a livelihood …Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH CUT
n. a shortcut …1898 Amer. dial.
• THROUGHER
n. 1. a surprising thing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. anything thorough and complete of its kind; a convincing argument …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGHGAL
adj. mispronunciation of ‘frugal’ …1890 Sc.
• THROUGH-GALLITY
n. frugality …1823 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANG
n. 1. a thoroughfare; a passage …1862 Sc.
n. 2. a thorough investigation or overhaul …1897 Sc.
n. 3. labour, difficulty; perseverance; energy …Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANG CLOSE
n. an open passage leading from one street to another …Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANGING
adj. active, having a great deal of action …1814 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANGINGS
n. social gatherings, jollifications …1846 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-GATE
n. a season of difficulty …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-GOING
adj. 1. active, energetic; persevering …1822 Sc.
adj. 2. rash, prodigal …1824 Sc.
adj. 3. passing through …1901 Sc.
n. 1. a severe examination; a thorough reprimand …1817 Sc.
n. 2. a thorough investigation or overhaul …1897 Sc.
n. 3. a thoroughfare; a passage …1897 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING CLOSE
n. an open passage leading from one street to another …1882 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING ENTRY
n. a passage running right through a house …1890 Sc.
• THROUGH-GUTTED
adj. relaxed in the bowels …Bk1905 N. Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-HANDS
adj. under consideration or examination …1864 Sc.
• THROUGH-HOUSE
n. a house with front and back exits …1899 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-LIGHT
n. a full moon; light all night …1808 Eng. dial.
• THROUGHLY
adj. portly; strongly-built; buxom …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adv. thoroughly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH MY HEAD
phr. by simple reasoning or intuition …1969 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH-NIGHT
n. a whole night of dissipation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH ONE ANOTHER
adv. pell mell, in confusion …1893 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-OPEN
adj. 1. open throughout …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. transparently honest and sincere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-OTHER
adj. 1. confused, disorderly; unmethodical; mentally confused; agitated; harum-scarum …1590 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. living close together; intimate …1815 Sc.
adv. confusedly; pell-mell; among each other …1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. a confusion; a disturbance …1792 Sc.
n. 2. a state of disorder …1929 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH-OTHERNESS
n. confusion, want of plan …1849-50 Sc. & Ireland
• THROUGH-OTHERS
n. mixed sweets …1900 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUT
n. activity, expedition in doing anything …1845 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUTTING
adj. active, energetic; persevering …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 1. a severe examination; a thorough reprimand …1899 Sc.
n. 2. a bare sustenance …Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH-SHOT
adj. rash, prodigal …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-STONE
n. a flat tombstone …1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-TANG
n. anything excellent …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-THE-BOWS
n. a strict examination; a severe scolding …Bk1905 Sc.
phr. (‘through the bows’) said of one who misbehaves and suffers punishment …Bk1911 Sc.
• THROUGH THE CABIN-WINDOW
phr. of an officer obtaining his position: entirely through influence …L19 Royal Navy officers’ usage
• THROUGH THE MILL
adv. 1818 US sl. – by the course of hard experience; where the most difficult and practical experience is to be had
• THROUGH-THE-MUIR
n. a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding …1871 Sc.
• THROUGH-THE-WUD-LADDIE
n. a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding …1824 Sc.
• THROUGHWAY
n. a narrow passage between houses …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGHWAYS
adv. thoroughly, completely …1819 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-WET
adj. wet to the skin …1901 Eng. dial.
• THROUT
adv. out of doors …1801 Sc.
• THROUTHER
adj. living close together; intimate …1815 Sc.
• THROW
n. 1. a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand …1785 Sc.
n. 2. opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour; a quarrel, controversy …1788 Sc.
n. 3. a reverse of fortune; trouble …1835 Sc.
n. 4. pressure; a press, crowd; a rush …1868 Sc.
n. 5. a flourish in writing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to distort, to pervert …1835 Sc.
vb. 4. to confuse, to bewilder …1844 sl., orig. US
vb. 5. to fell timber …1889 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to vomit …1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to produce, to bear, to bring forth …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW A BOFF INTO
vb. 1940s US sl. – to do the sex act with
• THROW A BOP INTO
vb. 1940s US sl. – to do the sex act with
• THROW A BRICK AND HIDE ONE’S HANDS
vb. 1986 African-American usage – to do someone an injury while concealing or denying one’s responsibility
• THROW A CURVE
vb. 1932 Amer. colloq. – to act in a surprising or unexpected manner for the purpose of disconcerting
• THROW A KINK INTO
vb. 1930 Amer. sl. – to create a difficulty for; to thwart
• THROW A MONKEY WRENCH INTO
vb. 1920 US sl. – to confuse or disable something
• THROW A SCREW INTO
vb. 1940s US sl. – to do the sex act with
• THROW A SHOE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to lose one’s temper; to become over-excited; to make a big fuss
• THROW A SICKIE
vb. 1953 Aust. & NZ sl. – to take a period of sick-leave often without a good medical reason
• THROWAWAY
adj. 1970s US sl. – useless; superfluous; cruelly neglected
• THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER
vb. to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless …1935
• THROW A WINGDING
vb. of a drug addict: to have a seizure, real or feigned …1927 US sl.
• THROW A WOBBLER
vb. to fly into a fit of bad temper or anger …1942 sl., orig. US
• THROW A WOBBLY
vb. to fly into a fit of bad temper or anger …1977 sl.
• THROW A WORD TO A PERSON AS IF ONE THREW A BONE TO A DOG
vb. to speak curtly and seldom …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW-BACK
n. 1. anything which retards progress, esp. a relapse in illness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the discount given on a purchase …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW BATCHES
vb. to cut up and destroy anthills …1869 Eng. dial.
• THROW BOUQUETS
vb. to pay compliments …1904 US colloq.
• THROW DAGGERS
vb. to look angrily at someone …2002 UK sl.
• THROW HABBIE-GABBIE
vb. to throw money etc. amongst a crowd to be scrambled for …1866 Sc.
• THROW IN A WIDDIE
vb. to be hanged …1897 Sc.
• THROW IN ONE’S CHIPS
vb. to die …1955 Amer. dial.
• THROW IN ONE’S MARBLES
vb. to die …1900s Aust. sl.
• THROW IN ONE’S TEETH
vb. to reproach, to upbraid, to censure with …1694
• THROW IN THE AIR
vb. to jilt …1897 Amer. sl.
• THROW IN THE TOWEL
vb. to admit or concede defeat …1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• THROW IT OUT
vb. to insinuate …1899 Eng. dial.
• THROW LEATHER
vb. 1930s US sl. – to box, to fight, esp. with gloves
• THROW LONG EYE ON
vb. to covet, to desire for oneself …20C W. Indies. sl.
• THROWN FOR A LOSS
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THROW OFF
vb. to fail to exert oneself, to shirk …1867 Amer. dial.
• THROW OFF ON
vb. 1. to neglect, to ignore, to abandon …1858 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to shift blame or responsibility onto …1868 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to disparage, to ridicule, to make fun of, to revile, to cast aspersions on …1887 Amer. dial.
• THROW ON A FACE
vb. to get intoxicated on alcohol or drugs …1974 Amer. sl.
• THROW ONE AN ARRE
vb. to misinform, to mislead …1938 Amer. dial.
• THROW ONE IN ONE’S CALCULATIONS
vb. to upset one’s plans completely …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW ONE’S ALLEY (IN)
vb. to die; to acknowledge defeat …1903 Aust.
• THROW ONE’S COOKIES
vb. to vomit …1963 Amer. sl.
• THROW ONE’S DAGGER
vb. of men: to copulate …20C sl.
• THROW ONE’S HAT IN THE RING
vb. 1917 US sl. – to issue a challenge, esp. to announce one’s candidacy in an election, for an appointment, etc.
• THROW-OTHER
adv. confusedly; pell-mell; among each other …1768 Sc.
• THROW OUT OF GEAR
vb. to upset in mind or body …1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW OUT ON ONE’S ASS
vb. 20C US sl. – to eject someone, esp. violently
• THROW OUT THE ANCHOR
vb. to apply the brake …1942 Amer. sl.
• THROW SOMEONE TO THE DOGS
vb. to abandon someone to criticism or attack
• THROW STRAWS AGAINST THE WIND
vb. to essay the impossible …Bk1904 sl.
• THROW THE BALDHEADED CHAMP
vb. to perform fellatio …1962 US sl.
• THROW THE BOOK AT
vb. to impose the maximum penalty on …1932 sl.
• THROW THE CAP UP
vb. to take a sudden holiday …1902 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE D
vb. of a man: to have sexual intercourse …1990s African-American sl.
• THROW THE DAGGER
vb. to have sexual intercourse …1980s US students’ sl.
• THROW THE HATCHET
vb. to exaggerate; to tell fabulous stories or lies …1893
• THROW THE HOOKS
vb. to persuade victims with deception or flattery …1887 Amer. criminals’ sl.
• THROW THE HOUSE OUT OF THE WINDOW
vb. to make a great commotion, noise, or disturbance; to cause great disorder and confusion; to turn everything topsy-turvy …1621
• THROW THE LAW
vb. to break the law …1873 Sc.
• THROW THE LIFE UP
vb. to vomit violently …1900 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE LONG TOME
vb. to angle for information …1865 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE MITT
vb. to pick pockets …1902 Amer. criminals’ sl.
• THROW THE MOUTH
vb. 1. to pray …1796 Sc.
vb. 2. to complain; to express dissatisfaction …1826 Sc.
vb. 3. to make a grimace …1826 Sc.
• THROW THE STOMACH
vb. to vomit …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE WORDS
vb. to speak with an accent; to distort the pronunciation …1877 Sc.
• THROW TONGUE
vb. of a dog: to bark while running …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW UP
vb. to vomit …1793 sl.
• THROW UP EVERYTHING BUT ONE’S SHOESTRINGS
vb. to vomit profusely …1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP JONAH
vb. to be extremely nauseated; to vomit profusely …1914 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S BOOTHEELS
vb. to vomit profusely …1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S BOOTS
vb. to vomit profusely …1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S BOOTS AND TOENAILS
vb. to vomit violently …1836 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S CARDS
vb. to abandon a project …Bk1888
• THROW UP ONE’S HEELS
vb. to vomit a great deal at once …1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S HEEL TAPS
vb. to vomit …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S SHOES
vb. to vomit profusely …1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S SHOE SOLES
vb. to vomit profusely …1973 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S SHOESTRINGS
vb. to vomit profusely …1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S SOCKS
vb. 1902 Amer. dial. – to vomit copiously or violently
• THROW UP ONE’S TOENAILS
vb. to vomit violently …1905 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE’S TOES
vb. to vomit violently …1905 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP THE DRUMSTICKS
vb. to throw up a job; to cease an attempt …1899 Eng. dial.
• THROW UP THE HAND
vb. to drink …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW UP THE LITTLE FINGER
vb. to drink …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW UP THE SOLES OF ONE’S SHOES
vb. to vomit profusely …1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP YOUR SHOE-TAPS
vb. to be extremely nauseated; to vomit profusely …1914 Amer. dial.
• THRUFF
vb. to eat to excess …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUFFABLE
adj. 1. open throughout …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. transparently honest and sincere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUFFER
n. anything thorough and complete of its kind; a convincing argument …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUFFISH
adj. thoroughly well …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adv. throughout …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUGGIL
n. a short, stunted person; a dwarf …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM
adj. blunt, sullen, sour of aspect; rough, bearish …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 1. a narrow passage or channel between rocks, through which water runs …1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a drumming noise; a musical sound; a hum …1818 Sc.
n. 3. the purring sound made by a cat …1835 Sc.
n. 4. a thread or loose end of any kind; generally in plural …1863 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. a threepenny piece …1865 Brit. sl.
n. 6. a particle, an atom …1872 Sc.
n. 7. a naughty child …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a senseless, foolish whim; a fit of ill-humour or dissatisfaction …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 9. a tangle, a mess; a tangled mass of anything; an untidy piece of dress, etc. …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 10. close and loving conversation …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 1. of a cat: to purr …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to repeat, to discuss, to tell over again; to make a fuss about …1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to strum, to play on a musical instrument; to drum, to make a drumming nose; to hum, to croon, to drone …1865 Sc.
vb. 4. to spin a web, as spiders do …1890 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. of a man or wife: to leave home through disagreement …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to act on a foolish whim; to become sulky or ill-humoured …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 7. to beat; to flog; to chastise …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 8. to entangle; to enwrap in a careless manner; to fold or put aside carelessly …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 9. to search for in a confused manner; to bring out after much search; to handle overmuch …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 10. to twirl the fingers in an awkward, shy manner …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 11. to possess carnally …Bk1903 sl.
► THRUMBLE vb. 1. to stumble → 1362 obs.
vb. 2. to make one’s way by pushing or jostling; to push, jostle → 1513 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng → 1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to press or rub between the finger and thumb; to finger, to handle over-much or awkwardly → 1632 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar or harp, by plucking the strings; to strum → 1685 obs.
• THRUM-CUTTER
n. a weaver …1838 Sc.
• THRUMMELT
adj. crowded, confused …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMER
n. 1. a threepenny piece …1898 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a contemptible musician …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 3. an itinerant musician …Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMMIL
vb. to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly …Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMMILL’D
adj. stunted in growth …1790 Eng. dial. obs.
• THRUMMLE
n. a trembling, a tremor …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. to tremble …Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMMOCK
n. a tangle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMOCKING
adj. helpless …1891 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMY
adj. 1. entangled …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMY-TAILED
adj. used contemptuously of women who wear fringed gowns or petticoats …Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMMY-THRUM
adj. useless, incapable …1870 Ireland
• THRUMP
n. a gossip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to gossip …1824 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to swell, to thicken …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMPER
vb. to thump, to strike with the fist …1870 Eng. dial.
• THRUMS
n. 1. twisted ivy stems …1863 Eng. dial.
n. 2. threepence … Bk1903 sl.
• THRUM-SHOP
n. a rag or odd-and-end shop …1796 Eng. dial.
• THRUM-YED
n. a foolish fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUNCH
adj. solemnly dissatisfied; much displeased …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• THRUNG
n. trouble …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUNK-WIFE
n. a person busy over trifles …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUNTER
n. a sheep of three years or winters …1890 Sc.
• THRUNTY
adj. healthy, hardy; sturdy, robust, strong …1790 Eng. dial.
• THRUSH
n. a sprite, a boggle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. to thrust; to press, as in or by a throng of people …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEL
n. thistle …1786 Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN
vb. to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd …1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUST
n. an effort …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. to crowd, to push, to squeeze …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN
adj. crowded, confined; incommoded by want of space or pressure of business …1899 Eng. dial.
vb. to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd …1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTLE
n. thistle …1786 Sc.
• THRUST TO THE WALL
vb. to thrust aside into a position of neglect …1592 obs.
• THRUSTY
adj. 1. thirsty …1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. hasty, impetuous …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUT
n. 1. the throw of a stone, etc.; a throw or fall in wrestling …1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of contemptuous familiarity for a boon companion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a through shift or turn of work more than usual length …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH
n. 1. a narrow passage or gorge; a thick, dense growth of underwood, etc. through which it is difficult to push a way …1872 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a thrust; a push, a shove …1885 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a term of contemptuous familiarity for a boon companion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a throng …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to thrust; to press, to push, to shove; to push or elbow one’s way through a crowd, etc. …1740 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to crowd, to press, to squeeze, to huddle together …1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCHED
adj. hard pressed with work, worry, etc.; distressed or troubled in mind …1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCHER
n. a term of contemptuous familiarity for a boon companion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCHING-MATCH
n. a pushing or shoving match …1886 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH-PUDDINS
n. a chubby person or animal …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH-UP
n. a sponger …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTTEN
vb. to thrust …1814 Eng. dial. obs.
• THRY
adj. stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything …1768 Sc.
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