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Thro(u)ch, Through, n.1 Also: thro(u)cht, throuche, throwch(t, throughe, (througe), throwgh, throwthe, thruch, thrugh, throth, throw, trouch(t, trowch, trogh, truf(f, trwf, trof, trou(i)f. [ME and e.m.E. þruh (c1275), throgh (Cursor M.) a coffin, thrugh (a1350), þrouȝ (14th c.), throw (c1400), through (1593) a tombstone, OE þrúh, ON þró.] A large slab of stone laid or erected as a funerary monument over a tomb in a church, or, after the Reformation, over a grave in a graveyard.(a) 1464 7th Rep. Hist. MSS App. 736/1.
To la thar throwch quhen it plesis thame in the sayd place [sc. in the choir of Jedburgh Abbey] 1495 Halyb. 7.
Bocht a throwcht in Brugis for my Lord … 22 li. 1498 Halyb. 216.
Gyffyn for makin of the patron to the throwch 7 crounis 1529 Stirling B. Rec. I 36.
With power to the said Jhone and his servandis … tyll intromett, rays and lay … all layaris and thruchis within the paroch kirk of thare said brugh and quere tharof … haffand for ilk throwch raysyng and laying saxtene pennyis 1539 Edinb. Hammermen 155b.
For paring of the throwchtis that tyme the armis wes put on [4 d.] 1545 Edinb. Hammermen 168.
For the hemmer and the crovne to the throucht at the alter end 1550 Edinb. Hammermen 184.
Giffin in the tolbutht for actis and documentis for to fortefy the pley of the brassing throucht 1552–3 Edinb. Old Acc. II 6.
For the making of ane throuche of Williame Craikis and the rowme thairof, xx s. 1553–4 Edinb. Old Acc. II 24.
Thre uther barromen feit to plane the throuchis 1555–6 Edinb. B. Rec. II 363.
To ane maisoun to hew the blew sliddry throuch at Sanct Salvator dure 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvii.
By Kirk-buriall Kirk bounds are so mistrammed and in many places either so eatten vp with intaking iles or the passage so impeshed with thortersome throughes [etc.] —1588 Cal. Sc. P. IX 641.
He is bureitt in the abbay of Swieitt Harte … and ane throwthe of stane laid on his towmbe(b) 1556–7 Edinb. Old Acc. II 72.
To rais the throchis in our Lady Jill(c) a1651 Calderwood IV 690.
That an ordinance may passe by his Hienesse and counsell discharging the said buriall within kirks, and siclyke erecting of tombes, and laying of thruches in kirk-yairds(d) 1498 Halyb. 250.
Throwis(e) 1533 Edinb. Hammermen 140.
For the making of five brasine armis to put apon the trowchis [14 s.] 1547 Edinb. Hammermen 172.
Thar is lyand about the alter ix trouchtis ij vnder the pulpot ane afor the alter ij at the est end of the alter ane anent the pyllar that is nixt the stepill duyr ane anent the pyllar of the bak of Sanct Sebastinis alter ane at the est end of the Magdalene alter and ane anent the hale walter stane of the northt kyrk duyr 1588 Bk. Univ. Kirk II 733.
That ane ordinance may passe … discharging the … laying of troghes in kirkȝeards(f) 1645 Cockburnspath Baron Ct. 10 Nov.
Anent the lifting and laying of throughe staines within the churche ȝeard of Colbrandspeth it wes enactet thatt none inhabitantis within the lairdis boundis presume to lift or laye througes as said is withoutt licence had & obtened of the minister or sessioun(g) 1693 Greyfriars Interments 32.
Christian Auchterlonie … , hers, Brown tomb, a truf 1696 Greyfriars Interments 7.
Trwf 1696 Greyfriars Interments 7.
Trouif 1696 Greyfriars Interments 7.
Trouf 1658–1700 Greyfriars Interments 84.
Truff 1658–1700 Greyfriars Interments 301.
Trof
b. Translating L. obeliscis obelisks.1533 Boece 82b.
His corps … beryit was … of Gillus his bastard son … Beside his towmbe in honorabill remembrance of his name erecting mony square throwchis [L. pluribus obeliscis], gravyn and dressit be masonry
c. attrib. With stane, = 1 above. Also transf. of a grave or tomb in a church.For further information see Sc. Ant. VI 59.1456 Misc. Bann. C. III 96.
The said lord to by me [a] throuch stane to lay upon myn grave 1576 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 50a.
Trouch stane 1589 Edinb. Test. XXI 165.
He ordanis … that he be bureit in the kirk ȝaird with ane greit throuch stane on his graif with his name & armes ingrawin thairon 1607 Glasgow B. Rec. I 474.
For ane throcht stane to wmquhill maister Johnne Cowper his buriall 1617 Edinb. Test. XLIX 337.
My father to lay ane throwch stane vpone my graf in the kirkyaird 1620 Misc. Maitl. C. I 426.
It sall not be lawfull to everie man … to bring in ane throuchstone to the kirk yaird without licence 1631 Sc. Ant. V 114.
It was havelie regrated by the minister that the west kirk yaird dykes were not yett repaired … and that the kirk treasrie was burdened ther with to much unless remedie was used in tyme and a way sett dewly quherby all such as had thrugh stounes might furnish monie for suplie 1639 Rep. Hist. MSS, Var. Coll. V 143.
That buriall place in the east end of the quier in length from the degree on the west to the gaivile of the quier on the east … containing two great through stones 1642 Argyll Synod I 61.
By ane parliament it was ordained that sepulchres and throchstains should be removed out of the body of the kirk to the churchyard 1645 Cockburnspath Baron Ct. 10 Nov. (see (f) above). 1657 Glasgow B. Rec. II 372.
That no throwgh stone be permittit to enter the kirk yaird whill they be first hewin and dressed without, and the saids hewing removed … and than to be booked and paid for 1664 Dunferm. Kirk S. 60.
Elizabeth Elder … peyit for hir said husbands throth stane on his grave 40 s., for the sessions libertie to put on the same 1673 Dalmeny Kirk S. in Sc. Geneal. III 14.
That no stones whither through stones or head stones be put in the church yard without their warrand & they judge it fit … to give warrand to nane to have either through stone or head stone except to such as will pay ten merks to the poore for the through stone & a dollar for the head stone 1676 Glasgow B. Rec. III 224.
The proveist [etc.] … taking to their consideratioune the great abuse in the Hie Kirk yaird, throw the many thrugh stones laid therin and in heighting of them by their setting the stones upon rodis and ballasters 1681 Edinb. B. Rec. XI 21.
The Counsell appoynts the throuch stones in the Grayfrier kirkyeard to be removed and put up close be the wall of the Grayfrier kirkyeard 1697 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 17 March.
The throuch stones in the churchyard are all broken and taken away be some persons within this burghtransf. c1700 Sibbald Autob. 12.
She died at her country-house … and was interred in her father's grave, in the isle [sc. aisle] of Torphichen, upon the part of the through stone that was voyd
d. A memorial stone, appar. for a shrine.1530 Edinb. Hammermen 130.
Deliuerit to Gelbart Anderson for ane throucht to Sanct Eloy
