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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thratch, Thracht, Trach, n. [? ON þraut a struggle, great exertion, labour, hard task, or ? altered form of Thrawe n. Also in the later dial.] = Thrawe n. 1. Also dede-trach, = Ded(e)-thraw n. — 1460 Hay Alex. 121.
Sche tuke ane thracht, the childe began to steir [sc. in the womb] 1694 Hist. Carnegies I 265.
He departed this lyfe, … most sueetly, without so much as a thratch or changeing his countenance — 1627 Forbes Eubulus (1627) 107.
That same deceitfull illusion—having, by slow degrees, mounted to so monstrous a height, is now, agayne, near the dead-trach to the Devil's great displeasure