Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1700-1707, 1811-1929, 1988
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THRIST, n.2, v.2 Also I.Sc. trist. Also met. variant thurst, also found in 16th c. Eng. Sc. forms and usages of Eng. thrust (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). [θrɪst; I.Sc. trɪst]
I. n. 1. As in Eng., a thrust, a push.Rnf. 1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 34:
At ae fell thurst ding three streets into four.
2. A squeeze, hug, embrace.Sh. 1892 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 248:
I wid gie her a kiss wi' every trist.
3. A pressing with the teeth, a bite, chew (in quot. of tobacco). Deriv. form tristoo, a mouthful.Rxb. 1811 A. Scott Poems 101:
What pleasure's found, Whiles as thou dries the tither thrist. And wamble round.Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. vi. 223:
He hed hed naithin a' day bit a tristoo o' kail afore lavan hame i' the mornin.
II. v. 1. intr. As in Eng., to thrust, push, press through. Pa.t. thurst(ed). To thurst up, to break or burst open (a door).Sc. 1700 Edb. Gazette (15 Jan.):
Having Pursued his own Servant into a Tavern . . . thurst up the Door of a Room.Arg. 1707 Arg. Justiciary Rec. (Stair Soc.) II. 206:
He had thursted at Kirnan with his sword.Slk. 1822 Hogg Siege Rxb. (1874) xii.:
A kind o' rubbing and thristing, as a fox or a foumart had been drawing himsel through a hole aneath the ground.Dmf. 1863 R. Quinn Heather Lintie 43:
Nor thurst my head whar 'twas na wanted.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 103:
That snod faith's gane,
but the steeple aye thrists frae the hairt o the toon,
the Auld Kirkyaird aside it, whaur the deid were lain
and grutten for lang syne.
2. tr. To squeeze, wring, press down (Sh. 1825 Jam., 1914 Angus Gl.: Ork. 1929 Marw., trist; I.Sc. 1972); to wring a cloth with the hands (Ork. 1920); to hug. Pa. t. thrist.Gall. 1702 Session Bk. Penninghame (1933) I. 98:
He pulled his ear and thrist his neck.Sh. 1892 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 248:
I wid trist her i' my bossum.Ork. 1910 Old-Lore Misc. III. i. 28:
For syan sooans whin dey trist da suds.Ork. 1929 Peace's Almanac 140:
Dere waas a' me soowans rinnin' trou da bung hole is fest is I tristed id.
3. To twist, spin, as in phr. to thrist a thread (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.).
[O.Sc. thrist, to thrust, a.1400, Mid.Eng. thruste, O.N. þrysta, to thrust, press, squeeze. For the I.Sc. forms cf. Norw. dial. trysta, id.]
