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Definition of Thrist
1. n. Thrist.
Definition of Thrist
1. Noun. (obsolete form of thirst) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thrist
1. to thirst [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: thirst
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrist
Literary usage of Thrist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"thrist, s. 1. Difficulty, pressure. ... rn To spin ; often, to thrist a thread,
... To thrist, va To trust, to give on credit. ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"The same with thrist, s. thrist, A 1. Difficulty, pressure.] Add; 2. ... This must
be traced to thrist, v., to trust; or viewed as merely a provincial ..."
3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"OE.pringan, to press. thrist, thirst. Spenser, FQ ii. 6. 17. ... See thrist.
tial, a bond, tie, obligation; ' Nor to contract with such (a woman) can be a ..."
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