thraw

thraw
/thraw, thrah/, v.t.
1. Brit. Dial. to throw.
2. Scot.
a. to twist; distort.
b. to oppose; thwart; vex.
v.i.
3. Scot. to disagree; object.
adj.
4. Scot. thrawn (def. 1).
[(v.) Scots, N England dial. form of THROW (retaining in part earliest sense of the word); (adj.) appar. shortened from THRAWN]

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