Thrawing
verb (used with object)
1.
British Dialect. to throw.
2.
Scot.
to twist; distort.
to oppose; thwart; vex.
verb (used without object)
3.
Scot. to disagree; object.
adjective
4.
Scot. thrawn (def 1).
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