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ˈthrow-crook Sc. & n. dial. ˈthrawcrook. [f. throw v.1 + crook n.] A hooked implement for ‘throwing’ or twisting coarse rope from hay, straw, or hair.
a1568Wowing of Jok & Jynny 68 in Bannatyne Poems 389 Ane thrawcruk to twyne ane tedder. 1828J. Struthers Hist. Scot. II. 624 Ropes of hair twined upon the thraw⁓crook. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Thrawcrook, an instrument acting on a swivel for twisting ropes. 1844Stephens Bk. Farm III. 1092 The simplest instrument is the old-fashioned throw-crook. |