thrang

Put on, put on, my wighty men, Sa fast as ze can drie; For he that is hindmost of the thrang Sall neir get guid o' me.

I should have thowt as thou'd have been in the thick of the thrang thysel', Mercy, carryin' on the war.

So 'thrang as Throp's wife' gat to be a regular nominy, an' other fowks took to followin' her example; it were fair smittlin'!

He said Mrs. Linton was ‘thrang,’ and the master was not in.

It will be hard for you to fill her place, especially on sic a thrang day as this; but Heaven's will maun be obeyed.