A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thrid, Third, v. [17th c. Eng. third (1602); Thrid adj. and n.] tr. a. To divide (something) into three equal parts. b. To treat, carry out certain operations on (something) for the third time. c. To speak in favour of (a proposition, etc.) as third speaker; to support a seconder. —a. 1455 Acts II 44/2.
That na man gang away with na maner of gudis quhill it be thriddyt and partyt befor the chiftane as vse and custum is —b. 1683 Erskine Diary 17.
I was winding [sc. winnowing] and thirding some corn —c. 1651 Johnston Diary II 122.
Mr. Ephraim aunswered weal … which M. G. H. backed, and I thrided by passages of Scripture
